Advertisements Day 139 John 7:37-52 Yesterday we saw the events that occurred in the middle of the Festival of Tabernacles and today we are going to see the events that surrounded the ending of the Festival of Tabernacles. Again we will see various and differing reactions to Jesus and his message with some believing that […]
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Verse of the Day 5-19-22
Advertisements Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:“You are […]
Through the Bible in One Year
Advertisements Day 138 John 7:14-36 Yesterday we started John chapter 7 and saw the unbelief of Jesus’ brothers and what the crowds at the Festival of Tabernacles thought of Jesus. We also saw that Jesus went to this festival in secret at first, and now today we see how he decides to reveal himself at […]
Verse of the Day 5-18-22
Advertisements Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 Paul identifies two kinds of sorrow here. (1) There is a genuine sorrow for offenses against God that leads to repentance, which is a change of heart that causes one to turn from sin […]
Through the Bible in One Year
Advertisements Day 137 John 7:1-13 Yesterday we finished John chapter 6 and today we are going to start John chapter 7. The atmosphere around Jesus has become increasingly tense. Many of his followers had defected at the end of chapter 6, and chapter 7 opens with an account of the unbelief of Jesus’ brothers. Chapter […]
Verse of the Day 5-17-22
Advertisements With what shall I come before the LORDand bow down before the exalted God?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,with calves a year old?Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,the fruit of my body for the sin of […]
Through the Bible in One Year
Advertisements Day 136 John 6:60-71 We have now come to the end of John chapter 6. And in this fourth and final scene described in John chapter 6 we are going to see three different responses to Jesus’ comments: desertion, devotion and deception. On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard […]
Verse of the Day 5-16-22
Advertisements Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by […]
Through the Bible in One Year
Advertisements Day 135 John 6:41-59 This is the conclusion of this third scene in John chapter 6. And what we see in this conclusion is the people’s reaction to Jesus’ first “I am” statement, which we talked about yesterday. At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the […]
Verse of the Day 5-15-22
Advertisements For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORDas the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14 Verses 6-20 in the book of Habakkuk represent a “taunt,” or a statement of ridicule, that will be used one day by Babylon’s enemies. So certain is the doom of Babylon that […]