"And think not to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham to our father:' for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn …
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The Word For Today – October 10, 2024, Thursday
That Day When I Make Up My Jewels "Behold, I will send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, He shall come," saith the LORD of hosts. "But who …
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…These glad tidings
Our reading for today begins with Luke chapter one and the promise of a son to a priest of age and his wife, who is barren; and the fulfillment of that promise, of the angel's visit with Mary and the conception of the Child who is called Emmanuel (God with us), and her visit with …
The Testimony of the Baptist
John answered and said, 'A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but that 'I am sent before Him.' He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth …
032611 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life…
"Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. And they came unto John, and said unto him, 'Rabbi, He that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to Him.' John answered and said, 'A man can receive …
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031811 …Many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people
"And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall baptize …
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