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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Jonah 3:1-3 a journey of three days
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 3:1-3 3 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time, saying, 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh that great city and preach against it with the message I am giving you.” 3 Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, obeying the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:30-31 even if someone rises from the dead
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:30-31 30 But he said, ‘No, father Abraham! But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ 31 Abraham replied to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, then they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’” As Jesus’ […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:29b Is believing a good work?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:29b ‘Let them listen to them.’” Here we have further reminded that the means of grace are the only means available to mankind for receiving the grace of God and for escaping from the gates of hell (Matthew 16:18). The means of grace, the gospel in word and sacrament, are […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:29a Moses and the Prophets
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:29a 29 “Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets.’ By saying this, Jesus and Abraham are saying: You have the Bible. This is enough for eternal life. This is where the Law is proclaimed and the Gospel of the forgiveness of sins is revealed. There is nothing demanded of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:27-28 the ignorance of the damned
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:27-28 27 “He said, ‘Then I beg you, father: I have five brothers. Send Lazarus to my father’s house 28 to warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ This is a remarkable passage. Without it, there would be many things about the dead […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:25-26 Purgatory or Not Purgatory
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:25-26 25 “But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony. 26 Besides all this, a great chasm has been set in place between us and you, so that […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 2:9-10 Salvation comes from the LORD
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 2:9-10 9 But I will once again sacrifice to you with a song of praise. What I have vowed I will fulfill. Salvation comes from the LORD!” This is much more than a promise to go to church. Jonah is expressing his confident faith that these words will be fulfilled. This […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:24b pain in hell, animals in heaven
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:24b Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’ In verse 23 Jesus told us that this man was “in hell… in torment.” Here his desire is for relief from that torment. Once again we […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:24a the pitilessness of hell
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:24a 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me! We learn about the torment of hell and the two kinds of hellfire here in verse 24, but before we even begin to consider those things, we need to look at this sentence, this pitiful cry of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:22b-23 the soul in hell
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:22b-23 The rich man also died and was buried. 23 In hell, where he was in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus was by his side. Jesus elegantly pictures the soul of Lazarus carried to heaven by angels, but there is no corresponding […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:19-22a poor Lazarus
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:19-22a The Story of the Rich Man and Poor Lazarus This story is perplexing. Often called a parable, it has none of the hallmarks of a parable except that it is a story with an application. But if a parable is “an earthly story with a heavenly meaning,” this is […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 16:17-18 one pen stroke
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 16:17-18 Jesus is continuing his instructions about the Law and the Prophets (16:16). 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one pen stroke to fall from the Law. A keraia (κεραία) is a stroke of a pen. Sometimes it’s a flourish, like the […]
