In The Word Read Luke 15 The Lost Sheep 15 Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. 2 Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” 3 So He told them this parable, saying, 4 “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has […]
Month: March 2016
DISCIPLESHIP TESTED
In The Word Read Luke 14:25-35 Discipleship Tested 25 Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them,26 “If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. 27 Whoever does not carry […]
CHRIST SEES YOU
In The Word Read Luke 14:1-24 Jesus Heals on the Sabbath 14 It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. 2 And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. 3 And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it […]
TRUE FOLLOWERS
In The Word Read Luke 13:18-35 Parables of Mustard Seed and Leaven 18 So He was saying, “What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? 19 It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air nested […]
READY AND STEADY
In The Word Read Luke 12:35-59 Be in Readiness 35 “Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. 36 Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. 37 Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he […]
MY OR THY KINDGDOM?
In The Word Read Luke 12:13-34 Covetousness Denounced 13 Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.” 14 But He said to him, “Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 Then He said to them, “Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has […]
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE FILLED IN YOUR MOUTH
In The Word Read Luke 11:53—12:12 53 When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects, 54 plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say. God Knows and Cares 1 Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on […]
INSIDE OUT
In The Word Read Luke 11:37-52 Woes upon the Pharisees 37 Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. 39 But the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside […]
IF GOD BE FOR YOU?
In The Word Read Genesis 26 Isaac Settles in Gerar 1 Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. 2 The Lord appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which […]
HE SETS A TABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES
In The Word Read Genesis 24:61-25:34 61 Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed. Isaac Marries Rebekah 62 Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the Negev.63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, […]