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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Proverbs 23:1-3 when you sit down to eat
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU We will return to Jonah and finish the book in the first weeks of the New Year. PROVERBS 23:1-3 23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is in front of you. 2 Put a knife to your throat if you are a man given […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:24-25 the eye of a needle
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:24-25 24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:21-23 still one thing
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:21-23 21 He replied, “I have kept all these since my boyhood.” 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “There is still one thing you lack. Sell everything you own and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:20 law and gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:20 20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father and mother.’” Why does Jesus quote the Ten Commandments? Why doesn’t he get the wording exactly right? Why doesn’t he quote them […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:18-19 to inherit eternal life
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:18-19 18 A certain ruler asked him a question, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 19 Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. The man was a kind of ruler, an archon (ἄρχων), which might mean […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:15-17 let the little children come
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:15-17 15 People kept bringing infants to Jesus for him to touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. 16 But Jesus called them back and said, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 3:10 true repentance
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 3:10 10 God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways. He had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened. The verb “had compassion” is a study of four of the seven Hebrew verb stems. We learn something about compassion if […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:14 justified
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:14 14 I tell you, this man went home justified rather than that other one. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but anyone who humbles himself will be exalted.” A pastor once said that Paul’s letter to the Romans is a commentary on this verse. Why? Because here […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:13 … and the tax collector
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:13 13 The tax collector stood some distance away. He did not even want to raise his eyes toward heaven, but he beat his breast and said, ‘O God, be merciful to me, the sinner.’ The Pharisee in the parable had claimed he wasn’t like this tax collector, and he […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:9-12 The Pharisee…
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:9-12 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 9 Jesus told this parable to some people who put their trust in themselves (that they were righteous) and looked down on everyone else. Luke introduces this parable with the circumstance of an encounter with some self-righteous individuals, probably while […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:8 will he find any faith
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 18:8 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice done, and done quickly. But when the Son of man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’ Justice will be done “quickly” (ἐν τάχει, “without delay”). The dilemma faced by some Christians is that what seems quick […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 18:1-7 pray and pray and pray
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU With this chapter, we make the transition from Jesus journeying toward Jerusalem to the actual approach to the city through Jericho (18:35). Thus the Passion of Jesus begins, but it is seamless; he never stops teaching his followers or encouraging all to turn away from sin, to trust in him for […]
