A parable is an illustration and usually presents one main point. It is a figure of picturesque speech to give hearers and readers an understanding of a point. You may have heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words. A parable in the Holy Bible is a succinct ‘picture’ of a truth […]
Jesus referred to an event in the living history of Israel as an illustration of what He would do and why He would do it when He was crucified. (NASB) John 3:14-15 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that whoever […]
The LORD God announced the coming of His Anointed One…Messiah, the Christ, with joy! This Messiah was for the Jews and for all the nations…God is not excluding Gentiles, even in the Old Testament. Not only did God announce His chosen Messiah, He described Him: (NASB) Isaiah 61:10-11 “I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, […]
Red Letter Day Attribute of God ~ Deliverer Deliverer: To be ‘delivered’ from something, we need a Deliverer. Someone Who is stronger, further-seeing and present in our situation. There are many examples of God’s deliverances throughout His word, beginning with Genesis 1:1 and ending with Revelation 22:21. What is one example of an Old Testament […]
(NASB) Psalm 117:1-2 “PRAISE THE LORD, all nations; Laud Him, all peoples! 2 For His lovingkindness is great toward us, And the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD!”
How did the crowd respond to Jesus’ gesture of friendship to *Zaccheus when He said He must stay at his house that day? (*Some translations spell it: Zacchaeus) (See Monday through Thursday’s devotional for this event.) (NASB) Luke 19:7 “When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, ‘He has gone to be the […]
*Zaccheus was determined to see Jesus; he had run ahead and climbed into a sycamore tree to get the ‘best seat in the house’. (*Some translations spell it: Zacchaeus) (NASB) Luke 19:5-6 “When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, ‘Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay […]
*Zaccheus was not stopped by his height or a crowd of people…he wanted to see Jesus! (*Some translations spell it: Zacchaeus) (NASB) Luke 19:4 “So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way.” Zaccheus had the ‘best seat […]
*Zaccheus was trying to see Jesus but he couldn’t, a crowd was between them. And Zaccheus was ‘small in stature’. (See Luke 19:3) (*Some translations spell it: Zacchaeus) When you read your Bible, do you try to ‘see’ who Jesus is? Zaccheus couldn’t see because of a crowd of people and he could not see […]
Jesus and His twelve disciples were on their way to Jerusalem…and they passed through Jericho. Jesus would intersect with *Zaccheus in Jericho and change his life. (*Some translations spell it: Zacchaeus) Zaccheus was a Jew who lived in Jericho. He was a tax collector for the Roman Empire. He benefited from it and he was […]