And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided Him. And He said unto them, "Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until …
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Word For The Day – October 12, 2024, Saturday
Fulfill The Law Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore …
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Reading today in Acts, chapters 25 through 28
And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. And some believed the things which were spoken, and …
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A Shadow
We are reading Hebrews 9 through 11 for today. For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? …
The Salt, The Light, and The Law
This is our second day in the New Testament and the Gospel of Matthew. Today we read what is called the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5 through 7. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, …
…He read in the book of the law of God
Reading the word of the LORD is important for knowing and doing the will of God, and doing it. Join with us in our daily reading which, for today is Nehemiah 6 through 8. And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the …
God’s Perfect Timing
Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: but when the fulness …
Josiah and the Passover
And the king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant." Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of …
I Will Wait Upon the LORD
For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, "Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the LORD of hosts Himself; …
Let the Redeemed of the LORD Say So
Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. …
Study Outline for Amos 1 – 2:3
THE ROAR OF THE LORD Amos 1:1 – 2:3 Amos is a herdsmen or shepherd who was called by God to go to the northern kingdom of Israel during the time of king Uzziah (also known as Azariah in 1 Kings 14:21ff). Why would God send a shepherd from Judah to Israel? God still had …
Love Your Neighbor
I would they were even cut off which trouble you. For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' But if ye …
Justification
"We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the …
Order in the Camp
"And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers." Numbers 2:34 (KJV) We enter today into the fourth book of the Law; Numbers. You will within the …
The Commandments
"These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai." Leviticus 27:34 (KJV) The commandments the LORD gave to Israel on Mount Sinai are many. The Ten Commandments given in Exodus 20 are a condensed version of the others given throughout the books of the Law, and Leviticus. …