And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all yourContinue reading “Luke 10: 25-37….The Parable of the Good Samaritan.”
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Luke 10: 1-2 & 13-20….The disciples to evangelise!
After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send outContinue reading “Luke 10: 1-2 & 13-20….The disciples to evangelise!”
Luke 11: 27-36….Jesus the Light of the World!
As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”Comment: Many make a big mistake when/if they thinkContinue reading “Luke 11: 27-36….Jesus the Light of the World!”
Luke 9 51-62….The trip to Jerusalem begins.
Introduction: The initial phrase of this passage does not give a date but it indicates that Jesus was beginning to think about His Crucifixion and Resurrection, Does the phrase “to be taken up’ mean ‘lifted up to be crucified’ or ‘raised from the dead”? At any rate for the next few weeks I will lookContinue reading “Luke 9 51-62….The trip to Jerusalem begins.”
Matthew 4: 1-11…. In the midst of Lent.
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “ItContinue reading “Matthew 4: 1-11…. In the midst of Lent.”
Isaiah 28: 1-8….Do we think of Discipline as negative or positive?
Introduction: In all languages the same word is used in different contexts to mean slightly and sometime more major different things. Ephraim, although the name of one of the sons of Joseph, in this instance is used as the name of the separated northern part of Israel when at Solomon’s death Israel became a dividedContinue reading “Isaiah 28: 1-8….Do we think of Discipline as negative or positive?”
Isaiah 27: 1-13….An index of a book -giving only a brief summary of chapters?
Introduction: My introduction for the very first episode of my devotionals more than 5 years ago read, ‘According to the English proverb a rider can take a horse to water, but cannot make it drink. According to the Ethiopian proverb a horse can take a soldier to war but cannot make him fight. Thinking ofContinue reading “Isaiah 27: 1-13….An index of a book -giving only a brief summary of chapters?”
Isaiah 26: 11-21….A Promised Future.
11 O LORD, your hand is lifted up,but they do not see it.Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.12 O LORD, you will ordain peace for us,for you have indeed done for us all our works.13 O LORD our God,other lords besides you haveContinue reading “Isaiah 26: 11-21….A Promised Future.”
Isaiah 26: 1-11….The Sovereign God!
Introduction: The past two chapters of Isaiah have mixed the present of the Prophet’s time and the future with references which seem to apply to both the time of Jesus and to His coming again, which is still in the future for us! The timing of this passage is also not fixed in a pointContinue reading “Isaiah 26: 1-11….The Sovereign God!”
Isaiah 25:1-12….An Overview
1 O LORD, you are my God;I will exalt you; I will praise your name,for you have done wonderful things,plans formed of old, faithful and sure.2 For you have made the city a heap,the fortified city a ruin;the foreigners’ palace is a city no more;it will never be rebuilt.3 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;citiesContinue reading “Isaiah 25:1-12….An Overview”
As I read it! 