WHAT the SON was “MADE” (ginomai) or BECAME through His CRUCIFIXION (Part 2): “We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death” (Heb 2:9). Not only so, but “being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became (ginomai) obedient unto death, even the death […]
“Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!” (Ps 27:14). When circumstances seem against you, and everything within you shouts, “Do something!” that’s the time to wait on the Lord. The following is recounted in Our Daily Bread: A woman went to Andrew […]
“You have heard him and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus” (Eph 4:21). “We should always remember that God is, so to speak, his own evidence. That is to say, since he is the Creator, he is the ultimate source of everything. There is no being in the universe who […]
WHAT the SON was “MADE” (ginomai) or BECAME in His INCARNATION (Part 1): In the next three devotionals, it should be noted that when Scripture says the Lord was “made” something, it was never against His will—in fact, always with His cooperation. “And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we beheld […]
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Ps 33:12). Dr. Charles Stanley suggests ten ways to pray for government leaders. Pray: 1. that they would trust the Lord and then realize their daily need for cleansing from sin; 2. that they recognize their inadequacy, depending on God for wisdom and courage to do […]
“And they shall be all taught of God” (Jn 6:45). Harold St. John was given permission to have some Bible discussions in a post office in Somaliland. “It was a small tin shack with a floor inches deep in dust,” he wrote. One man, a recent believer, dressed only in a leopard skin, had been […]
CHRIST the COURAGEOUS: “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20). I just read an incident about John Calvert, an Englishman among Fiji savages. The king’s daughter was ill, and Calvert was asked to provide medicine. But as she improved, the medicine men became involved. So Calvert stopped treatment, saying any improvement would be claimed for […]
“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving” (Col 4:2). I recall hearing a musician say about his practicing what I could say about prayer. After a day missed, I know; after a few days missed, my wife knows; more than that, others know. Richard DeHaan gives this illustration: In one region of […]
Won’t God accept everyone, provided they are sincere? Sincerity is certainly important with God. In fact, insincerity is a sure way to be rejected by Him! But mere sincerity is not enough. It is possible to be sincere, but sincerely wrong. Remember the false prophets of Baal at the Battle of the Gods on Carmel. […]