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The Lord is God

Date: January 29, 2021
Topic: Trust
Passage: Deuteronomy 4:32–40

It is so easy for us to look everywhere else but to God for our guidance and leadership. We trust financial advisors, news commentators and medical doctors, but do we really trust God? It seems that Moses is trying to get the Israelites to see that their trust needs to be in God and not in man …

Peter Confesses That Jesus is the Christ

Date: January 28, 2021
Topic: Selfishness
Passage: Luke 9:18–27

Jesus wants the Christian to go beyond knowing what others believe by making their faith personal (vv. 18-20). He then predicts his death for the first time (vv. 21-22). He goes on to say to them all, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cr …

Praising in Prison

Date: January 27, 2021
Topic: Change
Passage: Acts 16:25–40

Still hurting from the beating, and locked in wooden stocks, you would not think the prisoners would be too joyful. However, at midnight the jailer and the other prisoners were startled to hear Paul and Silas singing and praising God. God responded by shaking the prison with an earthquake …

David Avenges The Gibeonites

Date: January 24, 2021
Topic: Atonement
Passage: 2 Samuel 21:1–22

There was a famine during the days of David (v. 1). Perhaps David had not sought the Lord for a long time and now catastrophe strikes and he goes to the tabernacle in behalf of his people. Saul had killed many Gibeonites so David calls for them (v. 2). He tells them that he will …

The fall of political Babylon

Date: January 23, 2021
Passage: Revelation 18:1–8

The fall of political Babylon is announced in the beginning verses of chapter 18. This comes immediately after the destruction of the harlot (Religious Babylon) in chapter 17 which causes many to think that these are one and the same event. However, there are several things that point …

The Results of Rebellion

Date: January 21, 2021
Topic: Discipline
Passage: Nehemiah 9:26–31

C. The goading of God (vv 26-31) – In this chapter we see how when the people rebelled against God He gave them over to oppression. However, because of great compassion He raised up deliverers, the Judges who freed them (vv 27-28). Through centuries of Israel’s sin (v. 29), God c …

The Ruthless Mind of Man

Date: January 20, 2021
Topic: Rationalize
Passage: Judges 21:13–25

Two hundred Benjamites still needed wives, but the vow at Mizpah prevented the Israelites from giving their daughters to them in marriage (v. 18). A convenient way had to be found not only to preserve their vow but also to restore the families of Benjamin (vv. 13-17). This led to the …

The Curses For Disobedience

Date: January 19, 2021
Topic: Bitterness
Passage: Deuteronomy 29:16–29

Moses reminds Israel that they are not naive concerning idolatry (vv. 16-18). They had seen it in Egypt and then had fallen into idolatry along the way to the promised land. Because of this they should watch out for this sin when they entered the promised land and faced new temptations…

The Rebellions of Israel

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Topic: Sabbath
Passage: Ezekiel 20:1–16

In this passage Ezekiel gave a panoramic view of Israel’s history (vv. 1-4). The Lord refused to be inquired of by the leaders because of their insincerity. Had they forsaken their sins and come to Him in true repentance, He would have listened. Instead, Ezekiel was to ju …

Consequences of Denying the Resurrection

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Topic: Resurrection
Passage: 1 Corinthians 15:12–19

This verse stands as a focal point around which the first nineteen verses revolve (v. 12). “Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead” directs our attention to the first eleven verses. “How say some among you that there is no resurrection?” This question looks ahead to verses thirteen …

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