August 8
Isaiah 49–53
Series: Read the Bible in a Year
Scripture Text: Isaiah 49:1–53:12
Day 219 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 49–53 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreDay 219 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 49–53 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
More"The tongue of a minister — the language he employs — must be of that simplicity which preaches naught but Christ," and brings him the glory.
MoreDay 218 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 45–48 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWe are not to be deceived by so-called ghosts, which are not souls but instead, demons bent on misdirecting a believer's focus on the living Christ.
MoreDay 217 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 42–44 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreEven pious people can scarcely stand firm, often being entangled by gross sins and natural corruptions, for original sin is complete lawlessness.
MoreDay 216 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 36–41 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWe teach all to trust in the grace of God, not in their own worthiness, and to render him gratitude for his grace. This is intolerable to the world.
MoreDay 215 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 31–35 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreAlthough the Christians senses within himself the presence of evil thoughts and lusts, yet his faith and the Holy Spirit remind him of his baptism.
MoreDay 214 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 28–30 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreGod showers his gifts on an ungrateful world, whose people go about their lives as though sight and hearing were due them. And so, we miss God's grace.
MoreDay 213 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 23–27 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreReadings from the Daily Lectionary for the week of the Tenth Sunday of Pentecost, Year A
MoreChristians do not follow pastors; they follow Christ Jesus. Pastors preach the gospel, a message that leads lost sheep to the one who saves them.
MoreDay 212 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 18–22 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreNoah is called “just” because he first believed, then “perfect” (“upright”) because he walked in the fear of God and conscientiously avoided sins.
MoreDay 211 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 13–17 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThe religious people were enemies of Christ because of the people Jesus called his friends: sinners who wanted to follow him.
MoreDay 210 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 9–12 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWhen one senses his wretchedness, then is the time to believe in Jesus Christ. There are no other means to save you, save be baptized and believe.
MoreDay 209 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 5–8 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
More"Christians have regard for God’s Word and believe that God cares for them. They commend all things to him and at his word go on with courage."
MoreDay 208 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Isaiah 1–4 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
More"Reason argues: You have sinned, you must also atone for your sin. The gospel of Christ says: You have sinned, another must atone for you."
MoreDay 207 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Song of Songs in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWe are in the golden age because we have the light of God’s Word and the sacraments are rightly administered in our churches.
MoreDay 206 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Ecclesiastes 9–12 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThe service of righteousness in Christ has the double blessing of a clear conscience before God and the rich and incorruptible reward of eternal life.
MoreDay 205 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Ecclesiastes 5–8 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreFaith is not an inactive and lifeless thing. When there is faith in the heart, its power will be manifested toward God and one's neighbor.
MoreDay 204 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Ecclesiastes 1–4 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreIt is by the power of the resurrection of Christ that Thomas, and us, who are so deep and obdurate in unbelief, are so suddenly changed.
MoreDay 203 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 30–31 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThe most religious person will be lost and condemned if he will not believe. For there is no forgiveness of sins, nor salvation, if one does not believe.
MoreDay 202 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 27–29 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWe make excuses, preferring many things against the gospel, for we are no better than were the ancient Jews, who also rejected the gospel for the law.
MoreDay 201 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 24–26 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWherever the Word of God has a foothold, there the devil will be. He will always build his taverns and kitchens by the side of God’s house.
MoreDay 200 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 22–23 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreJesus sends every Christian to instruct and teach his neighbor, that he may also come to Christ, a power not reserved for popes, bishops, and pastors.
MoreDay 199 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 19–21 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
More"Poverty and suffering make no one acceptable to God; but if he is already acceptable to God, his poverty and suffering are precious in God’s eyes."
MoreDay 198 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 16–18 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThis old man must be crucified, executed, put out of the way, even here in this life. Were he remains in his strength, faith and spirit cannot be.
MoreDay 197 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 13–15 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreReadings from the Daily Lectionary for the week of the Eighth Sunday of Pentecost, Year A
MoreIf you wish to proceed wisely and truly apprehend God, you can do no better than to be interested in his Word where he has revealed himself.
MoreDay 196 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 10–12 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThe preaching of Christ feeds his guests through holy baptism, comforting and strengthening them through the Sacrament of his body and blood.
MoreDay 195 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 7–9 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThrough baptism, Christ dedicates us to himself — he decides for us, elects us — and imparts to us the power of his death and resurrection.
MoreDay 194 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 4–6 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreBefore man may receive righteousness and eternal life, there must come One who has eternal righteousness and life, who appeases God’s wrath.
MoreDay 193 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Proverbs 1–3 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWe must abandon the life of the flesh and enter into new life, dead to the old. There must be a real change and an overthrow of nature and feeling.
MoreDay 192 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 146–150 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreReadings from the Daily Lectionary for the week of the Seventh Sunday of Pentecost, Year A
MoreKnowing that you all embrace the one true God's Word, hold together in one faith and one mind, not disagreeing as though you had many gods.
MoreDay 191 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 140:1–145:21 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
More"In these words the soul finds a well prepared table, at which it satisfies all hunger; for it knows of a certainty that he who speaks cannot lie."
MoreDay 190 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 133:1–139:24 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreSin is not forgiven so that we may sin all the more, taking God's grace for granted and taking advantage, but so that conscience is free to love God.
MoreDay 189 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 120:1–132:18 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
More"Faith, if it is true faith, is of such a nature that it does not rely upon itself, but holds to Christ, and takes refuge under his righteousness."
MoreDay 188 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 119:89–176 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThe preaching of the law shows us that our entire lives and characters, however holy and beautiful they may seem, are nothing before God.
MoreDay 187 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 119:1-88 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreAll people are in ancient Cain's very same condition, for unless our nature is helped by the Spirit of God, it cannot maintain itself.
MoreDay 186 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 115–118 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreBecause God has so richly shed upon us the gospel of light, we ought in honor and gratitude to him try to reform and temper ourselves.
MoreDay 185 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 108–114 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreThe two powers, God’s and Caesar’s, or spiritual and temporal kingdoms, must be kept apart, Christians especially rendering to each the honor due.
MoreDay 184 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 106–107 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreChrist Jesus was buried that he might, through forgiveness, cover up, mortify, and destroy our sin, whether actually committed or inherent in us.
MoreDay 183 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 103–105 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreGod provides strong medicine to cure the sinful condition but this gives no license to make oneself ill so that more medicine may be received.
MoreDay 182 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 96–102 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreReadings from the Daily Lectionary for the week of the Sixth Sunday of Pentecost, Year A
MoreYou are blessed if your have heard and seen with your heart the Lord Jesus Christ, for there are those who have heard and seen without perception.
MoreDay 181 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 90–95 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreSince man has fallen in sin, we all — the whole creation — must suffer the consequence and be subject to futility and vanity...and yet may have hope.
MoreDay 180 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 86–89 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreFollowing Christ means that our whole life is a constant exercise of faith, whereby we are assured that we have favor with God because of him.
MoreDay 179 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 80–85 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreMy conscience must rest upon the foundation, the eternal, all-knowing truth that God alone is truth, and must rest upon him and nothing else.
MoreDay 178 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 78–79 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreGod never lays his hand upon us in order that we would be damned but pursues a course that leads us to repentance, so we would seek his grace.
MoreDay 177 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 74–77 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreMan is made in God's image and God wills that we revere his image in our neighbor, doing all we can for him, protecting him and doing him good.
MoreDay 176 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 70–73 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreIn Cain, we see the hateful world, and on the other hand, that poor, abject Abel well represents the obscure little brotherhood: the Church of Christ.
MoreDay 175 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 66–69 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
More"All who preach the doctrines of men make man the light, lead men away from God to themselves, and set themselves up as the true Light."
MoreDay 174 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 58–65 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreReadings from the Daily Lectionary for the week of the Fifth Sunday of Pentecost, Year A
More"Come what will, let us say: Here is God’s Word; that is my rock and anchor; to that I cling and that abides; and where that abides, there I abide also."
MoreDay 173 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalms 51–57 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreChristians are to be confident of eternal glory, to implore the Lord God to hasten the Day, for Jesus has taught us to pray, “Thy kingdom come.”
MoreDay 172 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Psalm 46–50 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
MoreWe must be able to say that we know we have God’s pledge and the witness of the Holy Spirit, that he wants to be our Father through Christ, his Son.
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