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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:45 good out of the good
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:45 45 The good person brings what is good out of the good stored in his heart, and the evil person brings what is evil out of the evil within. To be sure, what his mouth speaks flows from the heart. Some listeners or readers might not really have a […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:44
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:44 44 In fact, each tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not gather figs from thorn bushes, and they do not gather grapes from a bramble bush. Jesus is turning to humor to drive his point home. Many people know varieties of trees just by looking […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:43 Good tree, good fruit
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:43 Listen and Do (Matthew 7:15-27) 43 “Certainly a good tree does not produce bad fruit, and a bad tree does not produce good fruit. In Matthew (7:17-19), this statement and the verses that follow are spoken by Jesus about false prophets. Here, Luke tells us that Jesus has been […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:41-42 The speck in your brother’s eye
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:41-42 41 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? 42 Or how can you tell your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck in your eye,’ when you do not see the beam in your own […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 1c A call to war
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 1c We have heard a message from the LORD. Who are “we”? Is the prophet associating himself with all of Israel? More importantly, weren’t we just told that this is what the Lord himself said? If so, does this phrase belong here at all? This “we” isn’t like the divine […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:39-40 Your teacher and your students
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:39-40 39 He also told them a parable: “A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Won’t they both fall into a pit? This is not a typical parable; one objection is that it is too short. However, some of the ‘regular’ parables are almost as short (such […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:37-38 Forgive
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:37-38 Consider the Beam in Your Own Eye (Matthew 7:1-5) 37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Jesus isn’t saying anything about any nation’s legal system. He’s talking about what you, the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:36 Be merciful
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:36 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. The two verbs in this sentence preach a whole sermon. Behind both of these verbs is the gospel of God’s grace and mercy. The first one is Jesus’ command to us: “be.” The second one is the motivation for the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:32-35 Love, do good, and lend
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:32-35 32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? To be sure, even the sinners love those who love them. Jesus uses the word charis (χάρις) here in a special way. Normally, this is the word for “grace” or “favor,” either the grace of […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:31 The Golden Rule
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:31 31 “Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. This is the Golden Rule. It’s been translated different ways: “Just as you want others to do for you, do the same for them” (Christian Standard Bible). “And as ye would that men should do to you, […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 1b The word of God to Edom
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU OBADIAH 1b This is what the LORD God says to Edom. These words follow a set formula used by messengers and heralds throughout the Bible and in many other ancient documents. Called the Messenger Formula, it shows a communication between two parties using an intermediary. One commentator has counted 19 instances […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:30 Give
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:30 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes away your things, do not demand them back. In verse 29, Jesus encouraged us to take a blow and endure robbery with forbearance. Now he encourages us along different lines: Give to anyone and everyone who asks. “Give” […]
