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Daily Devotion Archive
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” […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:29 Turn the other cheek
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:29 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer the other too. If someone takes away your coat, don’t stop him from taking your shirt as well. Behind this command from Jesus is the truth that punishment belongs in the realm of two of the Commandments: the First (divine […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:27-28 Love your enemies
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:27-28 Love Your Enemies (Matthew 5:38-48) 27 “But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. 28 Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who mistreat you. This is a hard saying from Jesus. For everyone who fully grasps the […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:26 Gandhi and other false prophets
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:26 26 Woe to you when all people speak well of you, because that is how their fathers constantly treated the false prophets. This fourth woe is the reverse of the earlier promise: “The fact is, their fathers constantly did the same things to the prophets” (6:23b). In fact, all […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:25b Woe to those who laugh
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:25b Woe to you who laugh now, because you will be mourning and weeping. Jesus again uses the word “now.” By this, he means that this “woe” is about those who laugh and are delighted with the pleasures of this world, “now,” as opposed to those of the next. Jesus […]
God’s Word for You – Obadiah 1a The vision of Obadiah
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU INTRODUCTION TO OBADIAH Obadiah is more like the major prophets than many of the minor prophets. His book “flows in the mainstream of Israelite prophetic tradition,” which means that for us, a quick study of Obadiah can be a quick review of the main themes of many of the Old Testament […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 6:25a Woe to the well-fed
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 6:25a 25 Woe to you who are well fed now, because you will be hungry. Here once again Jesus’ word “now” helps us to remember that he’s talking about the difference between woeful sins of this lifetime and their woeful result in eternity. Those who find all their pleasure in […]
