Topic:OUR DEBT WAS PAID August 02 Luke 16:17 “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” LUKE 16:17 The jot was not only one of the smallest letters of the Hebrew alphabet, but also one of the most insignificant, being sometimes deleted at the writer’s pleasure. The tittle was only …
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Topic:FREED FROM THE LAW August 01 Luke 16:16 “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.” LUKE 16:16-17 The Bible teaches that there are different dispensations or divinely ordered ways of God dealing with mankind throughout the ages. A dispensation is simply a period of …
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Topic:THE RIGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS – July 31 Luke 16:15 “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.” LUKE 16:14-15 Justification is not something to be earned, but a gift to be received. Seeking to earn salvation …
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Topic:BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING – July 30 Luke 16:1 “And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.” LUKE 16:1-18 The unjust steward was covetous. He had not been faithful to his master or to his master’s debtors. …
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Topic:ALL THE WRONG REASONS – July 29 Luke 15:28 “And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.” LUKE 15:25-28 If this elder son had considered his brother, he would have rejoiced at his return even as his father did. Rather, he was totally self-centered (that’s pride) and became angry. This illustrates …
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Topic:THE FATHER’S LOVE – July 28 Luke 15:20 “And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.” LUKE 15:20 For this boy’s father to have seen him “a great way off” would imply that the …
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Topic:NEGATIVES BECOME POSITIVES – July 27 Luke 15:18 “I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.” LUKE 15:18-19 This is a good example of true repentance. This son did not claim any goodness of his own or try to justify his actions, but he humbled himself …
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Topic:HARD KNOCKS OR GOD’S WORD – July 26 Luke 15:17 “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!” LUKE 15:11-17 God’s Word makes it clear that the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23). Romans 1:18-20 reveals that even those who don’t …
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Topic:THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP – July 25 Luke 14:28 “For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?” LUKE 14:25-35 The parable of the man building a tower is a continuation of the teaching regarding what it takes to be a disciple of Jesus. This …
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Topic:R.S.V.P. – July 24 Luke 14:16, 23 “Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: …And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” LUKE 14:16-24 The man who made the supper symbolizes God who has …
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