Verse 39. - That ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments. It was indeed a minute and apparently trivial distinction, and yet such an one as would most surely strike the eye, and through the eye the mind. It was like the facings on a uniform which recall the fame and...
It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He now showed them the full extent of His love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already pro...
1. Jesus ChristThe speaker of this verse, delivering the Sermon on the Mount, which is a foundational teaching of Christian ethics and discipleship.2. Disciples and FollowersThe immediate audience of Jesus' teaching, representing all believers who seek to follow Christ's teachings.3. GodThe ...
Yokes, like Jesus’ work, are easy and make the burden light. But beyond the mechanics of a good yoke, the yoke is also a good metaphor for how we see the gospel. Being yoked to another makes you connected. And once you are connected, and see how dependent upon one another you ...
“This man never ceases to speak words againstthis holy place and the law,14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazarethwill destroy this place and willchangethe customs that Moses delivered to us.”15And gazing at him, all who sat in the council saw that his facewas like ...
Jeremiah 27:1 A few Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac (see also 27:3,12 and 28:1); most Hebrew manuscripts Jehoiakim (Most Septuagint manuscripts do not have this verse.) Jeremiah 27:20 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin Jeremiah 28:4 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin Jeremiah 29...
Like this:LikeLoading... Today’s encouraging Bible verse from the Bible app with an image I shot off the coast of Kittery, ME. Share this: When I listened to the Our Daily Bread devotional this morning, it all came back to me. Somehow very early in my walk with God, He gave me...
(Source 1,Source 2). Catholics try to twist this verse to teach that Jesus gave Mary as mother to the world or something (see here one example). But what Jesus said on the cross to Mary and John does NOT extend to anyone past them. Teaching otherwise isaddingto God's Word which is...
Maybe what God is trying to tell me with this verse is that I need to not focus so hard on the other person, but instead turn that spotlight inward, towards myself.Matthew 7:3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in...
Draw near to Jesus – Live in the Lord: Through our devotion, prayer and worship. Our Lord is the true vine. If we apart from the Lord, we can do nothing. (John 15) Always longing for Our Lord. We trust that Jesus Christ, Our Great Captain and the Great High Priest, who has pas...