Today, we read Numbers 12-14 in our Bible Reading Plan. John Piper, sheds some light in a sermon “Can God Spread a Table in the Wilderness?” They arrive at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Paran to the south of Canaan, and in Numbers 13 the 12 spies are sent in to spy out the promised land. … More Grumbling grasshoppers and the glory of God
March 6 Romans 5:1-11 (ESV) Peace with God Through Faith 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we [1] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith [2] into this grace in which we stand, and we [3] rejoice [4] in hope of the glory of God. 3 More than that, we rejoice in our … More March 6 Romans 5:1-11
March 6 Matthew 23:1-12 (ESV) Seven Woes to the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so practice and observe whatever they tell you—but not what they do. For they preach, but do not practice. 4 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, [1] and … More March 6 Matthew 23:1-12
March 6 Psalm 53 (ESV) There Is None Who Does Good To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil [1] of David. 53:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. 2 God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if … More March 6 Psalm 53
March 6 Numbers 12-14 (ESV) Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. 2 And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?” And the Lord heard it. 3 Now the man Moses was very … More March 6 Numbers 12-14
John Piper, in “Justification by Faith Establishes the Law,” helps us understand our reading in Romans 4 today. …What the moral law of God requires of us, we will do, if we pursue it by faith, as those who are already justified, and not by works, in order to be justified. If we get right … More Law, faith and riding the roller coaster
Today we read Matthew 22:34-46. Here are words from John Piper, in a sermon, “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself, Part 1” Matthew 22:37–40: On These Two Hang . . . But let’s go back to our text in Matthew 22:37–40. Here Jesus DOES mention both love for God and love for neighbor; and he explicitly says (in … More A window into heaven, if you have eyes to see
I trust in the steadfast love [mercy] of God forever and ever. I will thank you forever, because you have done it. I will wait for your name, for it is good, in the presence of the godly. —Psalm 52: 8-9, our psalm for today C. H. Spurgeon comments, “Eternal mercy is my present confidence. David … More God’s mercy is a rock to build on
On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. So it was always: the cloud covered it by day and the appearance of fire by night. —Numbers 9:15 (Today read Numbers 9-11.) This was more … More OUR shade, our refuge, our comfort, our keeper, our ever-present help in times of trouble
March 5 Romans 4 (ESV) Abraham Justified by Faith 4:1 What then shall we say was gained by [1] Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now … More March 5 Romans 4
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