Category: Daily Devotional

Isaiah 28-29 Judgment on Ephraim and Jerusalem 28 Ah, the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,    and the fading flower of its glorious beauty,    which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome with wine!2 Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong;    like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest,like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters,    he…

Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore, we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:15-29 The life of a Christian is a life lived in tension which resides in the fact that the presence of sin has not yet been eliminated…

Isaiah 26-27 You Keep Him in Perfect Peace 26 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city;    he sets up salvation    as walls and bulwarks.2 Open the gates,    that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.3 You keep him in perfect peace    whose mind is stayed on you,    because he trusts in you.4 Trust…

…we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous…Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment…At the same time, it is a new commandment… 1 John 2:1-14 In the ancient world, the advocate was like a modern defense attorney who pleads a defendant’s case before a judge. When John calls Jesus “our Advocate,” he means…

Isaiah 23-25 An Oracle Concerning Tyre and Sidon 23 The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish,    for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor!From the land of Cyprus[a]    it is revealed to them.2 Be still, O inhabitants of the coast;    the merchants of Sidon, who cross the sea, have filled you.3 And on many watersyour revenue was the grain of Shihor,    the harvest of the…

But if we walk in the light, as He [Christ] is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1 Most humans are aware of the concept of light or the contrast between light and darkness. The contrast is a suitable metaphor for…

Isaiah 20-22 A Sign Against Egypt and Cush 20 In the year that the commander in chief, who was sent by Sargon the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and fought against it and captured it— 2 at that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loose the sackcloth from your waist and take off your…

 …I am writing to you…scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation… 2 Peter 3 Peter ends his second letter to the dispersed Christians…

Isaiah 17-19 An Oracle Concerning Damascus 17 An oracle concerning Damascus. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city    and will become a heap of ruins.2 The cities of Aroer are deserted;    they will be for flocks,    which will lie down, and none will make them afraid.3 The fortress will disappear from Ephraim,    and the kingdom from Damascus;and the remnant of Syria will be    like the glory of the children…

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you…Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones… 2 Peter 2 Peter uses an entire “chapter” of this letter to write about false teachers that had arisen in his day and will arise throughout church history. These…