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Luke 15:8-10 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This second parable is called "The Parable of the Lost Coin." It is about a woman with ten coins who turned her house upside down in search of the one that was lost. She rejoiced over it when she found it. Jesus then concluded the parable with another declaration about the value of repentance: "there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
Luke 15:3-7 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This first parable is called “The Parable of the Lost Sheep.” It is about a shepherd that leaves ninety-nine of his sheep in the pasture in search of the one that is lost, and the joy he feels upon finding it. Jesus then tells His adversaries that there is more joy in heaven when one sinner repents over ninety-nine righteous people who don't need to repent.
Luke 15:1-2 meaningDecember 15, 2022
The people were coming to Jesus, especially the tax collectors and sinners who resonated with His inviting message of belonging and repentance. The overly legalistic Pharisees and scribes were slandering Jesus for mingling with these people whom they had rejected.
Amos 9:11-15 meaningDecember 14, 2022
The Suzerain (ruler) God promises to restore the Israelites along with their fortune. He will repair, raise up, and rebuild the fallen dynasty of David. He will bless them with national stability and grant them peace of mind.
Amos 9:7-10 meaningDecember 14, 2022
The Suzerain God dismisses Israel’s arrogance and false confidence in themselves and says that He will shake the sinners of His people and kill them by the sword.
Amos 9:5-6 meaningDecember 14, 2022
Following the description of judgment upon the disobedient Israelites (vv. 1-4), Amos portrays the LORD as the sovereign God who has complete control over all creation.
Amos 9:1-4 meaningDecember 14, 2022
Amos describes Israel’s absolute inescapability from the impending judgment.
Revelation 2:16-17 meaningDecember 14, 2022
Jesus calls the church in Pergamum to repentance and urges them to hear the truth so that they might receive the blessing of intimacy with Him.
Revelation 2:14-15 meaningDecember 14, 2022
Jesus warns the believers in Pergamum against the false teachers in their midst who are like Balaam, a prophet from the book of Numbers, who led the Israelites into sin for personal material gain to himself.
Revelation 2:12-13 meaningDecember 14, 2022
Jesus, the one who has God's word, greets the church in Pergamum and commends them on standing firm in their faith even as they live in Satan's dwelling place where other believers are killed.
Deuteronomy 33:26-29 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses finished his blessings on each tribe of Israel with a blessing on all of them. Moses also exalted the God of Israel, the Protector and Provider of Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:24-25 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounces blessings on the tribe of Asher.
Deuteronomy 33:23 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounces blessings on the tribe of Naphtali.
Deuteronomy 33:22 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounces blessings on the tribe of Dan.
Deuteronomy 33:20-21 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounced blessings on the tribe of Gad.
Deuteronomy 33:18-19 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounces blessings on the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar. He asks them to rejoice because the Suzerain God will bless each one in his enterprise.
Deuteronomy 33:13-17 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounces blessings on the tribe of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh).
Deuteronomy 33:12 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounces blessings on the tribe of Benjamin.
Deuteronomy 33:8-11 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounces blessings on the tribe of Levi.
Deuteronomy 33:7 meaningDecember 12, 2022
Moses pronounced blessings on the tribe of Judah.
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