Posts from July 2022
Verses of the Day – July 29, 2022
July 29, 2022 – Friday 1 John 1:5-7 NIV 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we…
Verse of the Day – July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022 – Thursday Galatians 5:4 NIV 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. Comments – Part 2 Why a part 2 on the verse above? I was struggling with Christ and Christ alone as the only way to salvation vs all the things Judaizers wanted to add…
Verse of the Day – July 27, 2022
July 27, 2022 – Wednesday Galatians 5:4 NIV 4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. Comments Paul is writing here to make sure the Galatians understand what is at stake if they try to be justified by the law, by following Jewish law. Trying to do so is a lost cause…
Verse of the Day – July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022 – Tuesday Galatians 3:18 NIV 18 For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. Comments When I read the above verse three questions came to mind. What inheritance? What promise? What is this about the law and grace?…
Verse of the Day – July 25, 2022
July 25, 2022 – Monday Galatians 2:9 NIV 9 James, Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised Comments Paul, Barnabas, and Titus are in Jerusalem meeting with…
Verses of the Day – July 22, 2022
July 22, 2022 – Friday Galatians 1:6-7 NIV 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.…
Verses of the Day – July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022 – Thursday 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 NIV 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. Comments – Part 2 To really understand what Paul is telling us…
Verse of the Day – July 20, 2022
July 20, 2022 – Wednesday 2 Corinthians 9:14 NIV 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Comments – Part 2 In a reply to my comments yesterday (may be found here) on the verse above, a reader wrote the following, My random thoughts, I have…
Verse of the Day – July 19, 2022
July 19, 2022 – Tuesday 2 Corinthians 9:14 NIV 14 And in their prayers for you their hearts will go out to you, because of the surpassing grace God has given you. Comments As powerful as the above verse is, it is even more so in context. Thus, here is some context, 12 This service that you perform is not…
Verses of the Day – July 18, 2022
July 18, 2022 – Monday 2 Corinthians 8:8-9 NIV 8 I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might…
Verse of the Day – July 15, 2022
July 15, 2022 – Friday 2 Corinthians 8:1 NIV 1 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. Comments This is going to be a bit of a surprise for many I think, the use of the word grace above. It is still God’s favor, His unmerited favor, but in a…
Verses of the Day – July 14, 2022
July 14, 2022 – Thursday Ezekiel 33:30-32 NIV 30 “As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your…
Verses of the Day – July 13, 2022
July 13, 2022 – Wednesday 2 Corinthians 6:1-2 NIV 1 As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2 For he says, “In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” * I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation. * from Isaiah 49:8 Comments Is Paul saying you can receive God’s grace in…
Verse of the Day – July 12, 2022
July 12, 2022 – Tuesday 2 Corinthians 4:15 NIV 15 All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Comments While the focus today is on the grace that is reaching more and more people here are the two preceding verses for…
Verse of the Day – July 11, 2022
July 11, 2022 – Monday 2 Corinthians 1:12 NIV 12 Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace. 2 Corinthians…
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