The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 134 – Commentary Luke 4:2b-4 – How do we fight off the devil?
He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” (Luke 4:2b-4) After my divorce, I felt unloved. The […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 133 – Commentary Luke 4:1 – How do we fight temptation?
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. (Luke 4:1) In Karen Kingsbury’s Baxter family novels, self-righteous, unforgiving Luke barely speaks to his sister, Ashley, because she conceived her son, Cole, out of wedlock. […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 131 – Commentary Luke 3:19-20 – When should we rebuke others?
But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison. Most of the time we should love, encourage, and give people hope, but there’s a time to […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 129 – Commentary – Luke 3:15-16 – Will the Holy Spirit give us power?
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John might possibly be the Messiah. John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 128 – Commentary Luke 3:10-14 – What fruit do we produce in keeping with repentance?
“What should we do then?” the crowd asked. John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.” Even tax collectors came to be baptized. “Teacher,” they asked, “what should we do?” “Don’t collect any more than you are required to,” […]
Bible Study Devotional – Day 127 – Commentary Luke 3:7-9 – What will happen to hypocrites in our churches?
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 126 – Commentary Luke 3:4-6 – What was God’s will for John the Baptist?
As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him. Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth. […]