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John 3:9-13 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Nicodemus does not understand why someone must be born again in the Spirit to enter God's kingdom. Jesus points out that he should understand these things since he is a teacher of the Scriptures. Then Jesus reveals something incredible about Himself: He is the Son of Man, the Messiah sent by God, and He has come down from Heaven.

John 3:1-8 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Nicodemus, a Jewish ruler, visits Jesus because he sees that Jesus is a teacher and miracle worker sent from God. Jesus tells Nicodemus a spiritual truth that perplexes the Jewish ruler: A person must go through a second birth by the Spirit of God to enter God's kingdom.

Acts 2:42-47 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

The disciples of Jesus devote themselves to learning from the apostles and taking care of one another. They sell property to provide for their fellow believers. Everyone continues to feel the fear of God in them as the apostles perform wonders and signs. New believers join their community every day.

Acts 2:37-41 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Some of the Jews are ashamed that they put God's messiah to death. They ask Peter what to do, and he calls them to repent and be baptized in Jesus's name. Then the Holy Spirit will dwell in them too. 3000 people repent and are baptized.

Acts 2:29-36 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Peter tells the crowd that he and the other disciples are witnesses to Jesus’s resurrection. They have seen Him alive again. And now He has ascended to heaven to sit at the right hand of God. The Jewish people are called to realize that they crucified God’s messiah.

Acts 2:22-28 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Peter preaches that Jesus’s death was part of God’s plan, and that He has been resurrected from death by God. King David had prophesied this resurrection in his psalms.

Acts 2:19-21 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Peter quotes more from Joel’s prophecies. Prior to the day of the Lord’s judgment, there will be signs and wonders and darkness on the earth. But whoever calls on God will be saved.

Acts 2:14-18 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Peter begins a sermon to explain to the Jewish pilgrims why they are speaking in foreign languages. The Spirit of God has been poured out on His people, as predicted by the prophet Joel.

Acts 2:5-13 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

Jewish pilgrims and immigrants from all over the Roman Empire have come to Jerusalem to celebrate Pentecost. They hear the disciples speaking about God's deeds in the native languages of the foreign places where they were from. Some believe the disciples are drunk, others want to understand what is happening.

Acts 2:1-4 meaningJanuary 25, 2022

The Holy Spirit arrives as promised. With the sound of wind and the appearance of flaming tongues, the disciples are filled by the Spirit and speak languages they did not know beforehand.

Hosea 1:10-11 meaningJanuary 24, 2022

The LORD promises to restore Israel and Judah. He states that the nation will experience a great increase in population and will be gathered together under one leader.

Hosea 1:8-9 meaningJanuary 24, 2022

Hosea’s wife gives birth to a third child, and the LORD commands Hosea to name him Lo-ammi, meaning that the Israelites are not God’s people.

Hosea 1:6-7 meaningJanuary 24, 2022

Hosea’s wife gives birth to a daughter, and the LORD commands Hosea to name her “Lo-ruhamah” meaning “No Mercy” because He will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel.

Hosea 1:2-5 meaningJanuary 24, 2022

The LORD commands Hosea to take an unfaithful wife and have children with her. Hosea’s marriage and family serve to illustrate how the Israelites have forsaken their covenant partner, Yahweh.

Hosea 1:1 meaningJanuary 24, 2022

Hosea receives the word of the LORD during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Genesis 24:62-67 meaningJanuary 23, 2022

Isaac is in the southern desert of Canaan. He sees the ten camels returning. Rebekah sees him from a distance and asks who he is. The servant tells her. Isaac goes to greet them, hearing the full story from the servant. He and Rebekah are married, and he is comforted after his mother Sarah's death.

Genesis 24:55-61 meaningJanuary 23, 2022

Laban and his mother ask the servant to let Rebekah stay in Haran for another ten days before leaving, but the servant does not want to delay. They ask Rebekah what she wants, and she decides to leave that very day. Her family gives her a blessing.

Genesis 24:50-54 meaningJanuary 23, 2022

Laban says that God has ordained these events and that Rebekah should marry Isaac. Abraham’s servant praises God and gives gifts to the family. In the morning he requests they return to Canaan.

Genesis 24:42-49 meaningJanuary 23, 2022

The servant recaps what happened at the well. He prayed for a sign from God revealing the woman whom Isaac should marry. Rebekah appeared and gave him a drink, then watered the ten camels of Abraham. So, the servant asks if her family will consent to the marriage of Rebekah and Isaac.

Genesis 24:32-41 meaningJanuary 23, 2022

At dinner, Abraham’s servant explains his reason for coming to Haran. He tells Rebekah and her family of Abraham’s wealth, that he has been blessed by God. He reveals that he journeyed to Haran to find a wife for Abraham's son.

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