Topic:CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? January 04 Luke 1:18, “And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.” LUKE 1:5-25 Zacharias and Elisabeth were righteous people (v. 6) who prayed for a child for many years. They felt the same disappointments and frustrations that any of …
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Topic:ABOUT GENEALOGIES January 03 Luke 3:23, “And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.” MATTHEW 1:1-17; LUKE 3:23-38 Even the genealogies are inspired by God and profitable (2 Tim. 3:16). Matthew traces Jesus’ genealogy through Joseph back to Solomon. However, there was a …
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Topic:NOW, OR THEN? January 02 John 1:16, “And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” JOHN 1:1-18 The Christian life is not like an insurance policy that only pays off when we die and go to heaven. Every believer has now received the grace of God and the fullness of God. We are now complete in …
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Topic:GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES December 31 Mark 16:20 “And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.” MARK 16:20 The Lord confirmed the preaching of His Word with miracles. If Jesus and the first century Christians needed the Word confirmed with the miraculous (Heb. 2:4), then we do …
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Topic:USE YOUR DELEGATED AUTHORITY December 30 Mark 16:18 “They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.” MARK 16:18 This either speaks literally of supernatural protection if we pick up a snake, or symbolically of protection in our fight against the …
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Topic:WATER BAPTISM IS AN ACT OF FAITH December 29 Mark 16:16 “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” MARK 16:16 This scripture has led many to believe that water baptism is a part of salvation and that the born-again experience cannot be a reality without it. This same kind of …
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Topic:HOW TO BAPTIZE December 28 Matthew 28:19 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” MATTHEW 28:19 Every detail of every man’s life, who has ever walked on the earth, has not impacted the world as much as the few recorded details of Jesus’ …
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Topic:GOD IS GOOD December 27 John 21:25 “And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.” JOHN 21:25 Every detail of every man’s life, who has ever walked on the earth, has not …
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Topic:BE SINGLE-MINDED December 26 John 21:21 “Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?” JOHN 21:21 Jesus had just told Peter to follow Him. However, Peter wanted to know what the Lord had planned for John. Instead of Jesus answering Peter’s question, the Lord told him that what He had in store for John was …
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Topic:WATER BAPTISM IS A SIGN December 25 Mark 16:16 “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” MARK 16:16 Water baptism is a command of Jesus and is the initial action taken upon believing. Mark’s statement could be rendered, “He who believes with saving faith (i.e. faith that produces actions) will …
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