Topic:WHERE’S YOUR FOCUS? December 06 Matthew 27:4 “Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.” MATTHEW 27:4 These Jews, who had courted Judas’ favor to obtain his cooperation in arresting Jesus, cared nothing for …
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Topic:JESUS FREED US FROM SIN December 05 Luke 23:18 “And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:” LUKE 23:18 What happened to Barabbas is a picture of what happens when a person is born again. Barabbas was guilty; Jesus was innocent. …
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Topic:PILATE CONDEMNS JESUS December 04 Matthew 27:24 “When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.” MATTHEW 27:24 This …
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Topic:ONE IN SPIRIT December 03 Matthew 27:18 “For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.” MATTHEW 27:18 Many problems arise from envy. James said, “For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work” (Jas. 3:16). Envy and strife go hand in hand and open …
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Topic:RELIGIOUS PRIDE BRINGS DISSENSION December 02 Mark 15:10 “For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.” MARK 15:10 The Jews were God’s chosen people and therefore, God’s representatives on earth. Yet, they lied and condemned an innocent man to death. Pilate could see that their real …
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Topic:PILATE VIOLATES THE TRUTH December 01 Matthew 27:17 “Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, ‘Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ'”? MATTHEW 27:17 Although Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent, he looked for some diplomatic way to release …
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Topic:YOU’RE NOT ALONE IN PERSECUTION November 30 Luke 23:11 “And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.” LUKE 23:11 All of Christ’s sufferings did not end when He finished His earthly …
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Topic:WHAT IS A MIRACLE? November 28 Luke 23:8 “And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.” LUKE 23:8 Herod …
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Topic:THE SWORD IS THE WORD November 27 John 18:36 “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” JOHN 18:33-37 Christ’s …
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Topic:CHOOSE TO LOVE November 26 John 18:23 “Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?” JOHN 18:23 God’s kind of love is not self-serving or self-seeking. Agape love will cause a person to lay down his life for …
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