'righteousness' Tagged Posts (Page 5)
Daily Devotions: February 26, 2018
February 26, 2018 Exodus 20:1-11 … “Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God; you shall not do any work…” vss. 8-10 The commandment on the sabbath doesn’t seem as significant as some of the others. We can understand the restriction on graven images as idolatry was always a temptation for God’s people. And it seems obvious…
Daily Devotions: February 25, 2018
February 25, 2018 Mark 8:34-38…“He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, ’If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.’” vs. 34 It’s become quite common in these times for people to identify themselves as followers of Jesus. For some, it’s a way to disassociate themselves from some of the negativity connected with the current depictions of Christianity as a political or nationalistic movement. In their…
Daily Devotions: February 24, 2018
February 24, 2018 Mark 8:31-33…“He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.” vs. 32 As Mark took time to write his little account of Jesus’ ministry, he was careful to let his readers know that Jesus was quite open in talking about the suffering that awaited him, but the disciples had been reluctant to listen. They had their own expectations about how the journey would transpire and they weren’t about to consider…
Daily Devotions: February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018 Romans 4:18-25 … “Therefore his faith ‘was reckoned to him as righteousness.’” vs. 22 According to Genesis, Abram’s introduction to the Lord was coupled with a request that his walk with the Lord be blameless. It’s hard to understand how Abram could possibly pull that off—even if his name did get changed to Abraham. From the stories about him that follow, it’s obvious that he didn’t do what the Lord required. He was pretty much a sinner…