Category: Daily Devotional

Isaiah 65-66 Judgment and Salvation 65 I was ready to be sought by those who did not ask for me;    I was ready to be found by those who did not seek me.I said, “Here I am, here I am,”    to a nation that was not called by[a] my name.2 I spread out my hands all the day    to a rebellious people,who…

For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 First-century citizens of the Roman Empire prized eloquent, persuasive rhetoric, often placing the speaker’s ability of skilled phrasing over the content of the subject orated. The Corinthian Christians were the same way with their factionalism based on choosing well-spoken…

Isaiah 62-64 Zion’s Coming Salvation 62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,    and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,    and her salvation as a burning torch.2 The nations shall see your righteousness,    and all the kings your glory,and you shall be called by a new name    that the mouth of the Lord will…

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 As divisions plagued the first-century Corinthian church, Paul writes that the preaching of the cross of Christ is of first importance. The saving power of the cross does not depend…

Isaiah 59-61 Evil and Oppression 59 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,    or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;2 but your iniquities have made a separation    between you and your God,and your sins have hidden his face from you    so that he does not hear.3 For your hands are defiled with blood    and your fingers with iniquity;your lips…

I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 The Christians in Corinth were separating into different factions. Paul reports that some of “Chloe’s people,”…

Isaiah 56-58 Salvation for Foreigners 56 Thus says the Lord:“Keep justice, and do righteousness,for soon my salvation will come,    and my righteousness be revealed.2 Blessed is the man who does this,    and the son of man who holds it fast,who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,    and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” 3 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself…

…in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ… 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 Before Paul addresses some very particular issues that the Corinthian church had asked about,…

Isaiah 53-55 53 Who has believed what he has heard from us?[a]    And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,    and like a root out of dry ground;he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,    and no beauty that we should desire him.3 He was despised and…

To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours… 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 As we begin to look into Paul’s letter to the church he established in…