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07/25/2022 – Day 148 – Luke 7 – 8 / 7:20: “Why did John ask Jesus if he really was the Messiah?”

The Faith of the Centurion – 7:1 – 7:10

John Gill’s commentary on the Centurion that “loved the Jeiwsh nation and built them a synagogue”. So, as much,

as this Centurion …

07/23/2022 – Day 146 – Jeremiah 42 – 46 / 46:28 “Nations have their periods, but the gospel church, God’s spiritual Israel, still continues, and will to the end of time.” Matthew Henry commentary (46: 27,28)

It is just unbelievably sad how disobediant the remnant of Israel was under Johanan. In 42:3: They ask for Jeremiah to intercede for them so they can hear …

07/22/2022 – Day 145 – Job 41-42 / The conclusion: Repentance and Restoration – Reposted from last cycle – 10/09/2020

I am reposting with a question: Do you agree with my last paragraph? Thoughts?

One add to original post – We have a sense of humor , for God has …

07/19/2022 – Day 142 – Exodus 29 – 32 // Ch. 32: “Moses expresses his tender affection for the people, and is a type of the good Shepherd, that lays down his life for the sheep (John 10:11)” Matthew Henry commentary

Chapter 32, the very sad story of “The Golden Calf”. But to the Sapphires devotional theme today, love conquers all in the end by God’s mercy and grace! …

07/18/2022 – Day 141 – Luke 5 – 6 // “… I believe that one reason why the Church of God at the present moment has so little influence over the world is because the the world has so much influence over the church.” Charles Spurgeon (1834 – 1892)

The Spurgeon quote, in its entirety below, was a footnote in my my Evidence Bible from Verse 5:10. That verse reads: “.. And Jesus said to Simon, …

07/17/2022 – Day 140 – 2 Corinthians 9 – 10 // “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God and we take captive every thought to make it obediant to Christ.” Chapter 10, Verse 5.

The bible call us not to judge souls that are not yet in the church, the body of Christ. But Paul emphasizes the church must discipline those souls in …