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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:4 The certainty
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:4 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you were taught. I met a man named Warren in the summer of 1997 at the church where I was serving my vicar (intern) year. A Jew who was descended from Kohath (1 Chronicles 6:1), Warren had come […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:3b One who loves God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:3b most excellent Theophilus, Luke wrote this gospel for the instruction of a man named Theophilus. About Theophilus we know only a few things. He was a man of such important standing that Luke calls him “excellent” (kratiste κράτιστε) or even “excellency,” a title reserved for a very prominent man. […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:3a an orderly account
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:3a 3 It seemed good to me also, since I have carefully investigated everything from the very beginning, to write an orderly account for you, Luke does not say that he has been investigating from the start, as if he were an eyewitness to Jesus’ birth and ministry, but rather […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:2 The inspired text
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:2 2 just as the eyewitnesses and servants of the word handed them down to us from the beginning. Luke’s term, “servants of the word,” is the first hint of his medical background the Gospel. The term he uses is not deacon (διάκονος, 1 Tim. 3:12) or slave (δοῦλος, Jude […]
God’s Word for You – Luke 1:1 A public record
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 1:1 In this chapter, Luke lays the groundwork for telling the story of Jesus Christ by recounting the prophecies given to the parents of his forerunner, John, and to the virgin Mary as well. These messages from God’s holy angels and the songs of praise sung in response established Jesus’ […]
God’s Word for You – Introduction to Luke’s Gospel
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU INTRODUCTION TO LUKE’S GOSPEL Author Although Luke does not sign his work the way other New Testament authors do, the companion book, Acts, has four long sections in which the author says “we” rather than “they.” In the first (Acts 16:10-17), we find that the author first joins Paul in the […]
God’s Word for You – Ruth 4:18-22 The line of the Savior
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:18-22 18 So this is the account of Perez: The word “account” in Hebrew is toledoth, just like the ten “accounts” in Genesis. Perez was one of the five sons of Judah, and therefore the people of Judah would want to know which of the family lines of Judah would […]
God’s Word for You – Ruth 4:16-17 Naomi has a son
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:16-17 16 Then Naomi took the child, laid him in her lap and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son.” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David. Sometimes there is confusion about the relationship of a […]
God’s Word for You – Ruth 4:15 Better than seven sons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:15 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.” This verse is strewn with blessings that probably came from several different people all at once (from […]
God’s Word for You – Ruth 4:14 Our kinsman-redeemer, Christ
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:14 14 The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the LORD, who this day has not left you without a kinsman-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! When Ruth and Naomi first returned to Bethlehem, the women of the village came out to greet them, “Can this be Naomi?” […]
God’s Word for You – Ruth 4:13 The Lord enabled her to conceive
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU RUTH 4:13 13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. Then he went to her, and the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. All of a sudden the story hurries along. After a leisurely stroll through Ruth’s courtship, we race in a single […]
God’s Word for You – Judges 21:25 The Conclusion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JUDGES 21:25 25 In those days Israel had no king. Everyone did whatever seemed right in his own eyes. This statement or parts of it appear four times in Judges (17:6; 18:1; 19:1 and here in 21:25). It appears in these chapters as a refrain; the inspired author offers it as […]
