No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 172 – Commentary Luke 6:41-42 – Do you not see the plank in your own eye?
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, “Brother let me take the speck out of your eye,” when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 171 – Commentary Luke 6:39-40 – Can the blind lead the blind?
He also told them this parable: “Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into a pit? The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher. (Luke 6:39-40) My fifth-grade teacher, Mrs. Hahn, hated children. Her goal was to diminish every child’s self-esteem. […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 170– Commentary Luke 6:34-38 – What does the Bible teach us about giving?
And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 169 – Commentary Luke 6:32-33 – How do I love those who don’t love me?
If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. (Luke 6:32-33) Abraham Lincoln said, “Am I not destroying my enemies when […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 168 – Commentary Luke 6:29b-31 – What is the Golden Rule?
If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you. (Luke 6:29b-31) In the children’s book, The Lunch Thief, by Anne C. […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 166 – Commentary Luke 6:25b-26 – Does God want Christians to be happy?
Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets. (Luke 6:25b-26) In this coronavirus pandemic one of the old tv series we’ve watched is Sue Thomas, FBI. In one of the shows an […]
Bible Study Devotional Day 165 – Commentary Luke 6:24-25a – What does it mean to hunger for God?
But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort. Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. (Luke 6:24-25a) Steve Debardelaben is a chaplain for the Miami Hurricanes and Miami Heat. In the late 1980’s we were invited into his home because he had […]