Tag: jesus
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Baby and Baby
39In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed…
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Z and Mary
18And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”… …34And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”–Luke 1 I highlighted two responses. Gabriel punished the first and didn’t punish the second. Why the…
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The One Worth Waiting For
1For God alone my soul waits in silence;from him comes my salvation.2He alone is my rock and my salvation,my fortress; I shall not be greatly shaken.–Psalm 62 This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone.And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no…
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Finally, Be Strong in the Lord
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. 11Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness,…
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A Verse for Each Spouse
22Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her–Ephesians 5 Both of these verses are counter-cultural. I encourage you to take them in reverse order. The husband loves and serves his wife sacrificially. The wife submits to the husband…
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The Gentile Mystery
6This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.–Ephesians 3 And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise. (Galatians 3:29) Paul had been ministering to Gentiles and was writing to a Gentile church.…
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David and Temple Guards
12These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the LORD. –1 Chronicles 26 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear…
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David and Blood
6Then he [David] called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. 7David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. 8But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and…
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Breach of Faith
1So all Israel was recorded in genealogies, and these are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was taken into exile in Babylon because of their breach of faith.–1 Corinthians 9 Think of all these genealogies through the lens of a people returning from foreign exile and needing historical and national…
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586 BC
8In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month—that was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9And he burned the house of the LORD and the king’s house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he…
