Today’s Word
Counter-intuitive
“In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing. Isaiah 30:15 Repentance and Rest – “But I gotta’ do something!” That’s the approach we naturally take when it comes to crisis. We want action! Something’s got to happen. After all, if we just…
Certified (1)
The Jews therefore were marveling, saying, “How has this man become learned, having never been educated?” John 7:15 Become Learned – Remember what the home town boys said about Jesus. “Isn’t he just the carpenter’s son?” Well, something similar happened at the Feast of the Tabernacles too. But notice, if you will, exactly what the…
Can’t We Just Get Along
“The world is not able to hate you; but it hates Me because I witness about it, that its works are evil.” John 7:7 Is Not Able – Did you really read these words? If you go too fast, you might think that Jesus says, “The world does not hate you.” But that isn’t His…
Who Are You?
“Is this not the carpenter’s son?” Matthew 13:55 Carpenter’s Son – Why were the people offended by the teaching of Jesus? They certainly recognized His power and they were astonished at His authority. But they were still upset. Why? In order to grasp the answer to this question, we have to know a little about…
How Old?
Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; 1 John 2:7 Old – Just how old is John’s “old commandment”? Does John start counting with the teaching of Jesus, or does his reckoning begin earlier than that? Does John think that Jesus’…
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