The Word For Today – November 21, 2024, Thursday

In Season, and Out of Season And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.  And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and …

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Reading the Gospel of Matthew chapters 1 through 4

And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.  And His fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto Him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and …

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Keep Your Soul Diligently

Our reading for today is Deuteronomy 4 through 5. Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; the day that thou stoodest …

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Worthy of Double Honor

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.  For the Scripture saith, "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn." And, "The labourer is worthy of his reward."                                                      1 Timothy 5:17-18

Hearing God Includes His Word on Marriage

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.  Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the …

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…Able to teach others…

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ."  2 Timothy 2:1-3  (KJB) …

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Persuading Them Concerning Jesus – Acts 28:17-31

"And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, 'Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the …

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John 9:29-34 – Born Blind, Seeing, Speaking for Jesus

"We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence He is. The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence He is, and He hath opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any …

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There are a Few People Who are Still Asking the Question…

...Concerning matters of things to come and the Lord's coming again.  Then there are some who just do not care. When Jesus started teaching the disciples of last days events, Peter, James, and John asked Him, "Tell us, when shall these things be? And what shall be the sign when all these things shall be …

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In the Sight of the Shepherd

Reading Mark 5 - 6 today I noted the following verse of Mark chapter 6... "And Jesus, when He came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and He began to teach them many things." Mark 6:34 (KJB) We of Adam's race …

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Explanation of All Things

And with many such parables spake He the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake He not unto them: and when they were alone, He expounded all things to His disciples. Mark 4:33-34 (KJV) It has been said, speaking of the parables of Jesus, that, “A parable …

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The Token in Every Letter…

"Now the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen." 2 Thessalonians 3:16-18 (KJV) The salutation …

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Solely for the Gospel of Christ

"For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ." 1 Thessalonians 2:5-6 (KJV) In Thessalonica the apostles could have used …

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