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Daily Devotion Archive
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:18-23 Marriage in the resurrection – Part 1
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:18-23 18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. Denial of the physical resurrection was one of a number of strong beliefs held by the Sadducees. Their Scriptures consisted primarily of the first five books (those of Moses). The other books of […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:13-17 Whose picture?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:13-17 13 Later they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Jesus to catch him in his words. 14 They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are; but […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:10-12 The Tenants – Part 7
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:10-12 10 Haven’t you read this scripture: “‘The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; 11 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?” Here Jesus preaches the law to his listeners, with his harsh question: “Haven’t you read?” Of course they had read this. […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:9 The Tenants – Part 6
MARK 12:9 9 “What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. (NIV) The parable is almost at an end. Jesus will make an application from Psalm 118, but the story of the parable ends with this verse. The plan of the […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 126:1 Dreamers
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 126:1 1 A song of ascents. Psalms 126 and 127 are the center of the group we call the Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 121-134). This Psalm might have been used in the temple liturgy, or it may simply have been a pilgrim song sung by Israelites as they traveled for […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:7-8 The Tenants – Part 5
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:7-8 7 “But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’ 8 So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard. (NIV) Up to this point, the parable has been perfectly historical. All […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:6 The Tenants – Part 4
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:6 6 “He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ (NIV) Jesus has used this parable of the Tenants to show how God sent prophet after prophet to Israel to call people to repentance, but […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:4-5 The Tenants – Part 3
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:4-5 4 Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed. (NIV) Jesus describes the coming of many other […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:2-3 The Tenants – Part 2
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:2-3 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. (NIV) Many servants will be described; first three separately and then more in a group. […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 12:1 The Tenants – Part 1
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 12:1 For the remainder of Lent this year, we will turn to the Twelfth Chapter of Mark and two Psalms, the 126th and the 107th. 12 He then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for […]
God’s Word for You – Mark 4:13-20 The Sower – Part 3
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU MARK 4:13-20 13 Then he asked them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand any of the parables? Are the Lord’s words here gentle, or accusing? Is Jesus being a kind and thoughtful teacher, or an angry prophet? We can’t draw the Lord’s emotions from the context […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Peter 2:18-22 Taking a beating
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU 1 PETER 2:18-22 18 Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. Since slavery is illegal in modern times, it is not wrong for someone held captive today to try to escape and bring […]
