They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me. Today in our BIble reading plan, we read Hosea 7-8. Here is help from the John Calvin commentary on Hosea 7:14- Now the Prophet says here that the Israelites … More “Fictitious invocations” vs cries from the heart
December 3 Revelation 2:1-17 (ESV) To the Church in Ephesus 2:1 “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with … More December 3 Revelation 2:1-17
December 3 John 14:22-31 (ESV) 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home … More December 3 John 14:22-31
December 3 Job 25-26 (ESV) Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous 25:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2 “Dominion and fear are with God; [1] he makes peace in his high heaven. 3 Is there any number to his armies? Upon whom does his light not arise? 4 How then can man be in the right before God? … More December 3 Job 25-26
December 3 Hosea 7-8 (ESV) 7:1 When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside. 2 But they do not consider that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my … More December 3 Hosea 7-8
Today we come to Revelation 1:9-20 in our reading plan. Here are helpful comments from John Piper, in a sermon, “A Year-End Look at Jesus Christ” The voice says in [Revelation 1] v. 11, “Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches.” This means that the vision John is … More See Jesus through Revelation
As we read on in John 14:15-21 today, we see statements in John 14-16 confirm that Jesus thinks of the Holy Spirit as a person not a mere force. From John Piper, in a sermon, “The Holy Spirit: He Is God!” 1) Jesus calls him “another Counselor” in 14:16, “I will pray the Father and … More Impersonal force from a distant God or a Person?
Is it your heart cry to KNOW God? To press on to KNOW Him? In Hosea 4 (part of our Bible reading plan today) we read, “Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, … More Press on to KNOW Him!
In Job 24, in our reading plan today, we see that Job does not understand how God can allow the strong to exploit the weak? When will judgment come? Why? When? How? Kim Riddlebarger comments in a sermon on this section of Job: None of this fits with Job’s hope in a coming redeemer. It … More For a little while…
December 2 Revelation 1:9-20 (ESV) Vision of the Son of Man 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on … More December 2 Revelation 1:9-20
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