Proverb 3: 34 Though He scoffs at the scoffers, yet He gives grace to the afflicted. While the simplest, and perhaps most functional, description of the word grace is “unmerited favor” it is far from a full understanding. If you run a search on the word grace and read all of the verses in which […]
Ephesians 2: 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Grace, the mere sound of the word is comforting. A very commonly accepted shorthand definition for grace is: unmerited favor. We have been saved by the gift of God through nothing we […]
John 1: 16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. Grace – it is a word we little understand. Of divine grace Wikipedia writes, “Divine grace is a theological term present in many religions. It has been defined as the divine influence which operates in humans to regenerate and sanctify, […]
Romans 14: 13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this—not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother’s way. Paul has an interesting message for us today. He was dealing with a problem of people judging each other. The Christian church had both Jews and Gentiles and […]
Psalm 56: 7 They don’t deserve to get away with this! Look at their wickedness, their injustice, Lord. In your fierce anger cast them down to defeat. This verse stands alone well enough but take in consideration the previous two days’ verses because all three of these have been from Psalm 56. David said that […]
Mark 14: 10 Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them. Have you ever wondered about the disciples’ reaction to Judas’ betrayal? Jesus was amazingly nonchalant about it but then, he knew it had to be. I wonder about the Sons […]
John 8: 3 – 11 And the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You […]
