John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 123 – Commentary Luke 2:46-48 – Did Jesus learn from humans?
After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 121 – Commentary Luke 2:39-40 – Do you depend on God?
When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him. (Luke 2:39-40) In the late 1990’s at a Rebecca St. […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 118 – Commentary Luke 2:27b-32 – Was Simeon afraid of death?
When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying: “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in […]
Bible Study Devotional -Day 116 – Commentary Luke 2:21-24 – Is it important Mary was poor and obeyed the Law of the Lord?
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel has given him before he was conceived. When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as […]
Day 96 – Luke 1:11-13 – Should you pray for your future generations?
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 88 –Commentary Romans 15:13-16 – Why trust God?
May the God of hope fill you with great joy and peace so you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. I myself am convinced my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness, complete in knowledge and competent to instruct one another. I have […]
Bible Study Devotional -Day 87 – Commentary Romans 15:8-12 – Will Jews and Christians unite?
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, so it is written: “For this reason I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to […]