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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:25-26 The butcher shop
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:25-26 Click to listen to this devotion. 25 Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat it without asking anything on account of conscience. 26 For “the earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it.” This is Paul’s counsel especially for the weak, not for the strong. The macellum (Greek […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:24 the good of the other
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:24 Click to listen to this devotion. 24 No one should seek his own good, but the good of the other. I won’t apologize for my translation here. Paul says “other” in the singular, not “others” in the plural. And he uses a definite article, “the.” No one should seek […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:23 Not all things are beneficial
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:23 Click to listen to this devotion. 23 “All things are lawful,” but not all things are beneficial. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. This verse begins a new section in many editions of the Bible. Paul has covered the issues of going to feasts dedicated […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:22 Click here to listen to this devotion. 22 Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than he is, are we? This is Paul’s own answer to asking whether someone who can drink the cup of the Lord can also go and drink the […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:21 The cup of demons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:21 Click to listen to this devotion. 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. “Cup” and “table” in this verse mean the meal itself. We who receive it are […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:12-13 Proclaim what God has done
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:12-13 Click to listen to this devotion. 12 Blessed are you, O LORD!Teach me your statutes.13 With my lips I proclaimall the judgments that come from your mouth. In verse 5 we saw that “statutes” (huqqim) are often a reference to the word of God in its eternal permanence. This is […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:10-11 Do not let me wander
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:10-11 Click to listen to this devotion. 10 With my whole heart I seek you;Do not let me wander from your commandments. Here the poet writes as if he has never heard of the teachings of the Reformed churches of our day (which is of course true), and as if, good […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:19-20 participants with demons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:19-20 Click here to listen to this devotion. 19 Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:18 Those who eat, participate
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:18 Click here to listen to this devotion. 18 Consider Israel (according to the flesh): Those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar, don’t they? There are times when Paul talks about Israel as the people of God, and he means the true Israel, which is the Holy Christian […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:17 One loaf
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:17 Click here to listen to this devotion. 17 Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. To show the unity of those who commune with one another, Paul draws an elegant example directly from the Supper itself. […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Corinthians 10:12-13 and 14-16
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CORINTHIANS 10:12-13 Technical concerns kept us from using our Web Service yesterday and most of today. Click here to listen to the first devotion (10:12-13) Click here to listen to the second devotion (10:14-16) When we left off, Paul had warned the Corinthians with many cases from Israel’s history when the […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 119:9 Guard your way with the Word
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUPSALM 119:9 Listen to this devotion. BETH ( ב ) In this stanza, our author demonstrates how he loves and delights in God’s word. 9 How can a young man keep his way pure?By guarding it with your word. This is the only time in the Great Psalm that the author mentions […]
