Luke 4:1-13 (NKJV) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us wisdom and insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 4:1-2 1Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had…
John 2:18–25 (NKJV) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us wisdom and insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 2:18-22 18So the Jews answered and said to Him, What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?" 19Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20Then the Jews said, It has…
John 2:1-11 (NASB) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us wisdom and insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 2:1–5 1On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; 2and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, "They have…
John 1:43-51 (NKJV) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us wisdom and insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 1:43-44 43The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, "Follow Me." 44Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. It was the day after Andrew brought his brother Simon Peter…
John 1:35-42 (NKJV) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us wisdom and insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 1:35-37 35Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God!" 37The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. It was another day by the…
John 1:29-34 (NKJV) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us wisdom and insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! Our last two devotional meditations were focused on Jesus' identity as portrayed by the first chapter of the…
Hebrews 1:5-14 (NASB) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us wisdom and insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 1:5-7 5For to which of the angels did He ever say, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again, "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"? 6And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He…
Hebrews 1:1–4 (NASB) 1:1-4 1God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, 2in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. 3And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification…
This is the season of our Savior's Birth: the record of His First Coming, the beginning of the fulfillment of the Promise of Redemption. It is a familiar Story. We know the main events and recall major occurrences. But at times, we miss significant details which seem less momentous but very important. Here is a portion from Luke's record, publicly declaring the First Coming of the Messiah: Luke 1:26–38…
John 4:20-26 (NASB) This is the Word of God. May the Spirit of Truth give us Wisdom and Insight to receive what has been conveyed through His Word by His Inspiration. 4:20 "Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." After having acknowledged Jesus as a Prophet, the Samaritan woman attempted to advance a different line of…
