Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful on … More There is an indignation which is justifiable
Psalm 78:52 Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. (read Psalm 78:40-72 today) C.H. Spurgeon comments on this verse in The Treasury of David: The contrast is striking, and ought never to have been forgotten by the people. The wolves were slain in heaps, the … More All the way my Savior leads me, O the fullness of His love!
In Joshua 18-19 we read that Joshua called together the people of Israel to divide up the land, the land that “lay subdued before them.” What method did Joshua use? He cast lots. Rolled the dice. Really? Yes. “Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord. And there Joshua apportioned the land to … More God is sovereign over the lots
April 8 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 (ESV) Flee Sexual Immorality 12 “All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything.13 “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body … More April 8 1 Corinthians 6:12-20
April 8 Mark 3:1-19 (ESV) A Man with a Withered Hand 3:1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, [1] to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” 4 And he said … More April 8 Mark 3:1-19
April 8 Psalm 78:40-72 (ESV) 40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! 41 They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. 42 They did not remember his power [1] or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, 43 when he performed his signs in … More April 8 Psalm 78:40-72
April 8 Joshua 18-19 (ESV) Allotment of the Remaining Land 18:1 Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them. 2 There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned. 3 So Joshua said to … More April 8 Joshua 18-19
In the passage for today, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Paul wrote: Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit … More And such were some of you
One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when he … More Beware the error of the Pharisees
We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done. —Psalm 78:4 Spurgeon exhorts us from our reading today in Psalm 78: Children are to be taught to magnify the Lord; they ought to be well … More Spurgeon: Grammar is poor food for the soul if it be not flavoured with grace.
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