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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Jonah 3:5 the order of salvation
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 3:5 5 And the people of Nineveh believed God; they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least. What is the order of salvation? This isn’t a phrase that is used by most Christians, but it’s a doctrinal position that preachers and theologians need to […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:22 Son of man
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:22 22 He said to the disciples, “A time will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man but you will not see it.” This was spoken to his disciples, not to the Pharisees. The disciples of Jesus would know many days […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:20-21 the kingdom of God is within you
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:20-21 20 Once when he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, he gave them this answer, “The kingdom of God does not come with careful observation. 21 People won’t even say, ‘Look, it’s here!’ or ‘It’s there!’ For look, the kingdom of God […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:15-19 one leper
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:15-19 15 When one of them saw that he was healed, he turned back praising God at the top of his voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. 17 Then Jesus said, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:12-14 ten lepers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:12-14 12 As he entered one village, ten men with leprosy came to meet him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out loudly, “Jesus! Master! Have mercy on us!” The ten men were not in the village, since lepers could not enter a city unless it was to […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:11 on the borderland
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:11 11 Now on the way to Jerusalem he was going along the borderlands between Samaria and Galilee. At this point, it seems as if Luke was thinking of the arrangement of his book. Having a few more accounts from Jesus’ life selected from the sources he investigated (1:3), he […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 3:4 unworthy ministers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 3:4 4 On the first day, Jonah began to go through the city. He preached: “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.” This wasn’t Jonah whole sermon, but what we would call his theme. Luther explains: “He must have enlarged on the themes why such wrath of God would […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:10 unworthy slaves
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:10 10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy slaves; we have only done our duty.’” The point our Lord is making is that the entire corpus of our life’s work does not merit anything toward our salvation. A […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:7-9 slavery
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:7-9 Jesus had taught his apostles about the power of working in the kingdom: the smallest faith could and would produce spectacular results, as amazing as planting a tree in the sea. But then the Lord immediately added a reminder of the place of all workers in that kingdom. We […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:5-6 as small as a mustard seed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:5-6 5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. “Increase our faith!” Make our faith grow. […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:3-4 Forgive
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 17:3-4 3 Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 4 “If he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ forgive him.” Should we take this to be an abbreviated version of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 17:1-3 rebuke and forgive
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU Chapter 17 continues the Savior’s ministry and preaching across the Jordan in Perea. Later in the chapter (17:11-19), Luke presents ten lepers asking for healing, after which the Lord will describe the approach of the Kingdom of God (17:20-37). This response to a certain Pharisee is the first of several such […]
