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Acts 9:26-31 meaningDecember 22, 2022
When Saul returns to Jerusalem, the other disciples reject him for a time out of fear. But the charitable and generous disciple Barnabas befriends Saul and takes him to the apostles. They learn of his vision of Christ on the road, and his ministry in Damascus. Saul begins preaching throughout Jerusalem. Soon the Greek-speaking Jews plot to put him to death, so the apostles send Saul away to his hometown of Tarsus.
Acts 9:19b-25 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Saul immediately begins preaching in Damascus that Jesus is the Son of God and the Messiah. Everyone is amazed. They knew Saul beforehand as a persecutor of believers, and now he was a believer himself. Some of the Jews in Damascus plot to kill him for his betrayal, but he catches wind of this and escapes the city by night.
Acts 9:10-19a meaningDecember 22, 2022
Jesus speaks to a believer in Damascus named Ananias, telling him to go to Saul and heal his blindness. Ananias understandably hesitates, since this Saul is famously persecuting the church, and had arrived in Damascus with the intention to arrest believers, bind them, and take them away to Jerusalem. Jesus tells Ananias that Saul has been chosen to spread the gospel and suffer for His sake. So Ananias obeys. He puts his hands on Saul, and Saul's sight returns. Saul is baptized.
Acts 9:1-9 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Saul the Pharisee continues his aggressive campaign against believers. He sets out on a journey to Damascus in Syria to arrest any disciples of Jesus there. When he has almost arrived to his destination, a light from heaven flashes and knocks him down, blinding him. The voice of Jesus asks Saul why he is persecuting Him. Saul goes into the city, still blind, and does not eat or drink for three days.
Deuteronomy 32:48-52 meaningDecember 22, 2022
After Moses’s recitation of the song and final exhortation to Israel, the Suzerain God commands him the same day to go up Mount Nebo to view the Promised Land from afar and to die there on the mountain.
Deuteronomy 32:44-47 meaningDecember 22, 2022
After reciting his song to the Israelites (vv. 1-43), Moses exhorts them to covenant faithfulness, calling them to take everything to heart to live long in the Promised Land.
Deuteronomy 32:43 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses now comments on the LORD’s speech as he invites the nations to join in the celebration of God’s gracious acts on Israel’s behalf.
Deuteronomy 32:39-42 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses quoted the Suzerain God who says that He alone is God and that there are no other gods besides Him. Because of this, He will avenge Israel by inflicting punishment on the pagan nations.
Deuteronomy 32:36-38 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain (Ruler) God will judge His covenant people and also show compassion to them when they desperately seek Him.
Deuteronomy 32:34-35 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain God pronounces judgment on Israel’s enemies because they misinterpret His actions. They think they are powerful because they defeat Israel, but it is God who gives Israel over because of their disobedience. Vengeance belongs to God.
Deuteronomy 32:28-33 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses then commented on the LORD’s decision to judge Israel. His covenant people lack wisdom and understanding, leading them to worship the pagan gods of their enemies. This resulted in the LORD’s severe judgment upon His people.
Deuteronomy 32:23-27 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain (Ruler) God says He will use various tools such as famine, disease, war, wild beasts, and venomous snakes to carry out His judgment on His disobedient vassals, Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:19-22 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain (Ruler) God says He will reject His chosen people because they have abandoned Him.
Deuteronomy 32:15-18 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Israelites rejected the Suzerain God because He has blessed them to the point of excess.
Deuteronomy 32:10-14 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses recounted some of the works of the Suzerain (Ruler) God to His vassals (servants), Israel. God serves as a shepherd, protector, and as father for His often-unfaithful people. The Israelites have every reason to trust and obey their spiritual father because He has always been faithful to them.
Deuteronomy 32:7-9 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses reminded the Israelites that the Suzerain (Ruler) God elected them and had taken them as His own inheritance.
Deuteronomy 32:5-6 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses contrasts God’s justice, steadfast love, and faithfulness with Israel’s foolishness and apostasy.
Deuteronomy 32:1-4 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses called on all creation to be a witness to a lawsuit the LORD brings against His covenant people. It also contains a proclamation of the name of the LORD.
Luke 15:25-32 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This third parable is often called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." This is Part 2 of this parable.
Luke 15:11-24 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This third parable is often called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." This is part one of the parable. It is about a father with two sons, neither of whom understand their Father's perspective toward them, or what is actually in their best interest. The younger brother represents the attitude of sinners the Pharisees complained about, and the older brother represents the Pharisees. The first half of the parable tells how the younger son prematurely demanded his inheritance and left his father for a distant country where he squandered it all. After he became desperate, and believing himself to be unworthy as a son, he returned home hoping to be hired by his father. Instead, the father graciously reinstated him as a son and called for a major celebration because, in his words: "This son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found."
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