Day 242 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Ezekiel 5:1–8:18 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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A person who is not enlightened by God’s Holy Spirit — an “unspiritual” or “natural” person — does not, by natural reasoning or abilities, perceive or receive anything pertaining to God’s will and divine gifts.
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The Spirit impresses Christ and his works upon the heart, making it a true book which does not consist in tracing mere letters and words, but in true life and action.
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But when one comes to the understanding that he is a sinner, through and through, always has been, and always will be, that person may then have the hope of finally pleasing God.
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Day 241 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Ezekiel 1:1–4:17 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Good works do not make one pious or good. One must first be good and pious at heart. The tree must first be there to bear the fruit.
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Without the Spirit, people walk along the natural course of the world. This is the path of sin and death. We cannot do otherwise; we cannot move toward God on our own.
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Day 240 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Lamentations 3:37–5:22 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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So much of what false teachers' have afflicted the church with in recent decades is easily overcome by exercising judgment through the Word.
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Without having ever taken a confirmation class, everybody knows that they should honor their parents. Do we need to understand that it is the sixth commandment in order to know we ought to be faithful to our spouses?
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Day 239 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Lamentations 1:1–3:36 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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No one thinks of saving for posterity, but live as if they rejoice in destroying everything at once. Yet in all this destruction God will nevertheless help us.
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"All who faithfully cling to the Word of God will be fed by God; for that is the nature and power of faith, which flows alone out of the Word of God."
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Lutherans reject the Pelagians and others who teach that we are able to love God above all things and keep his commandments by the power of human nature alone, without the grace of the Holy Spirit.
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Day 238 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 51–52 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 237 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 49–50 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Because Jesus rose again from the dead, we confess that on the last day of the world, he will bring with him all who have died in the Lord to be with him forever.
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Our eternal life, attained through faith in Christ. will be to know God, delight in his wisdom, and enjoy the presence of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
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"The chief thing that should influence a Christian’s outward walk is the remembrance of his calling and appointment by God."
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As God has established all civil authorities, he would have us pray for them—whether we like them or not. Christian love demands that we hold them before God in prayer.
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Day 236 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 46–48 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 235 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 42–45 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Because Jesus said, “Do not take an oath at all,” we may feel guilty when we do make contractual promises. The issue here is not what we sometimes think it is.
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"To be 'led by the Spirit of God' means to be given a heart which gladly hears God’s Word and believes that in Christ it has grace and the forgiveness of sins."
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"It is natural for us to feel hurt when suffering, injustice, and violence attack us...it becomes necessary to check and restrain the feelings of anger..."
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It is dangerous to souls for us to concede that anything people do produces perfection. We are only made perfect by God through faith in Christ.
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Day 234 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 38–41 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Day 233 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 35–37 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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It is God who makes us perfect. There is nothing we can do or not do, possess or not possess, that makes us perfect or complete in the eyes of God.
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"Not until Peter considered himself unworthy did he become really worthy. Just because you are a sinful person you must the more trust in God."
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If someone wrongs you, are you to take matters into your own hands, taking vengeance on the one who has wronged you? No; vengeance is the Lord’s.
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Day 232 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 32–34 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"Christians must not seek their own, but look at all alike, whether friend or foe, as our heavenly Father does. Without such mercy, there is no true faith."
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When the Lord says that vengeance is his, one way his retribution is felt is through our governments, the political kingdoms in which we live.
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Day 231 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 30–31 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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"There is peace, strength and comfort in the heart, so that the heart cares for no evil, is really bolder and more joyful in its presence than in its absence."
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The gospel does not give us new laws, nor does it call us to replace existing laws with the old Jewish law code. Instead, we are to obey the laws of the land while also living according to the rule of a higher kingdom, a spiritual kingdom.
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Noah kept his eye on the majesty of him who gave the command. That was enough for him, even though the command seemed absurd or impossible.
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Day 230 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 26–29 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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God performs his miracles along the lines of natural law. Looking for bread from heaven, rather than by human means, tests God and is a sin.
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Day 228 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 18–22 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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God is the final authority; all authority comes from him. Every governing power exists because of God. This is why Christians may serve in public office or be otherwise employed by governments.
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Christians have help and strength to resist and mortify sin. and must constantly put to death the flesh lest they be put to death by it.
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I was declined in a congregation’s consideration as a new pastor once, in part, because the church I was serving at the time did not use the Nicene Creed as much as the church in deliberation.
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It is a glory that every preacher may be able to say with full confidence that he trusts God for teaching and preaching truly the Word of God.
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Day 227 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 14–17 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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Christ keeps aloof from the lazy, unfaithful idlers who will not do as they have been commanded, and will not keep their hands and feet from straying.
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Day 226 of Read the Bible in a Year: Read Jeremiah 10–13 in your favorite translation, and solve today's Word Search and jigsaw from today's Scripture.
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What difference does it make if you eat so-called unclean foods? Will you go to hell because you ate some rabbit stew? Will God withhold his forgiveness because you had a pork chop?
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Christ has not come to make you afraid, but to remove your sins and distress from you. “Fear not,” he speaks to your heart, and to the whole world.
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Start to read through the Bible in a year, and you will probably get behind at some point. Guilt will likely set in, especially if you do not catch up right away.
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