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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:15-16 John’s message
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:15-16 15 The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might be the Christ. 16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one more powerful than me is coming, and I am not worthy to untie the thongs of his sandals. […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:14 The three uses of the law
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:14 14 Then some soldiers asked him, “Is there something even we should do?” He replied, “No extorting money from anyone by force, not even by false accusations. Be content with your pay.” What’s the difference between these soldiers and the other people who were asking John questions? It was […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:12-13 The tax collectors
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:12-13 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” 13 “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” he told them. There was a firm structure for the tax collection system in Rome. Rome did not demand an unreasonable amount of money […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:10-11 Two tunics
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:10-11 10 The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?” 11 He answered, “The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same.” It doesn’t seem as if that was all there was to John’s preaching, but […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:9 the ax at the root of your tree
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:9 9 The ax is already at the root of the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” What happens when someone refuses God’s grace? What happens when someone rejects Christ? Jesus said, “Whoever does not believe will be […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Psalm 79:5-8 How Long, O Lord?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 79:5-8 Prayer for Justice 5 How long, O LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealous wrath burn like fire? 6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, and on the kingdoms that do not call on your name. 7 For they […]
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:7-8 7 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruits worthy of repentance. Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor;’ for I tell […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:4-6 Let sin’s dark deeds be gone
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:4-6 4 As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. 5 Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill shall be […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:3 part 2 Baptism for the forgiveness of sins
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:3 part 2 3 … a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The word “baptize.” “Baptize” means to wash or to apply water. We have no reason or right to use anything else in place of water. We also remember that water is the most abundant substance on […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:3 part 1 The Baptism of John
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:3 part 1 3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. As we approach this verse, the question most on our minds must be: Was John’s baptism the same as our Christian baptism? If this is true, how […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 3:1-2 The word of God came to John
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 3:1-2 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene. 2 At this […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Psalm 79:2-4 We are objects of reproach
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PSALM 79:2-4 2 They have left the corpses of your servants as food for the birds of the sky. They have given the flesh of your favored ones to the wild animals. 3 They have poured out their blood like water all over Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury […]
