Salvation
Numbers 20-21, 33:1-49 Ryan: There are pluses and minuses to reading supplemental material in addition to the Bible. I’m thinking specifically of historical fiction novels in the vein of Francine Rivers’ Sons of Encouragement series and Lineage of Grace series. When we read today the one sentence devoted to the death of Miriam (20:1), and the one [...]
Numbers 3:14-39, 4:1-49, 3:40-51 Ryan: Reading Francine River’s book, The Priest, which is a historical fiction book based on the life of Aaron, it was very interesting to read how God trained the Levites to setup and tear down the tabernacle at moment’s notice. As soon as the cloud lifted or the pillar of fire moved, [...]
Exodus 39:2-40:35 Ryan: It says in Exodus 40:16 that “Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded him.” It then walks through the entire set up of the tabernacle for the first time, and after every major step, it says that Moses had done it “as the Lord commanded him.” In only these two chapters [...]
Exodus 29:1-31:18 Ryan: Again, today’s reading is filled with many details that do not have a ton of relevance to modern Christians, but a good understanding of the laws of the Israelites is invaluable in coming into a deeper relationship with God. For example, in the section regarding the bronze wash basin (30:17-21), God said [...]
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Truth & Testimony The first part of this passage is a continuation of John’s discourse on how obedience to God saves. The last passage ended with the famous verse, “For God so loved the world that he save his one and only son…” which mentioned that whoever believed in the son “is not condemned” (v. [...]
For God so loved the world… A Pharisee named Nicodemus came to Jesus at night with a question. More than likely, he was coming during the night because he had a genuine interest in what Jesus had to say, while others of the Sanhedrin were already rejecting Jesus as being a blasphemer. Nicodemus, however, acknowledged [...]
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