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Acts 9:10-19a meaningDecember 22, 2022
Jesus speaks to a believer in Damascus named Ananias, telling him to go to Saul and heal his blindness. Ananias understandably hesitates, since this Saul is famously persecuting the church, and had arrived in Damascus with the intention to arrest believers, bind them, and take them away to Jerusalem. Jesus tells Ananias that Saul has been chosen to spread the gospel and suffer for His sake. So Ananias obeys. He puts his hands on Saul, and Saul’s sight returns. Saul is baptized.
Acts 9:1-9 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Saul the Pharisee continues his aggressive campaign against believers. He sets out on a journey to Damascus in Syria to arrest any disciples of Jesus there. When he has almost arrived to his destination, a light from heaven flashes and knocks him down, blinding him. The voice of Jesus asks Saul why he is persecuting Him. Saul goes into the city, still blind, and does not eat or drink for three days.
Deuteronomy 32:48-52 meaningDecember 22, 2022
After Moses’s recitation of the song and final exhortation to Israel, the Suzerain God commands him the same day to go up Mount Nebo to view the Promised Land from afar and to die there on the mountain.
Deuteronomy 32:44-47 meaningDecember 22, 2022
After reciting his song to the Israelites (vv. 1-43), Moses exhorts them to covenant faithfulness, calling them to take everything to heart to live long in the Promised Land.
Deuteronomy 32:43 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses now comments on the LORD’s speech as he invites the nations to join in the celebration of God’s gracious acts on Israel’s behalf.
Deuteronomy 32:39-42 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses quoted the Suzerain God who says that He alone is God and that there are no other gods besides Him. Because of this, He will avenge Israel by inflicting punishment on the pagan nations.
Deuteronomy 32:36-38 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain (Ruler) God will judge His covenant people and also show compassion to them when they desperately seek Him.
Deuteronomy 32:34-35 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain God pronounces judgment on Israel’s enemies because they misinterpret His actions. They think they are powerful because they defeat Israel, but it is God who gives Israel over because of their disobedience. Vengeance belongs to God.
Deuteronomy 32:28-33 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses then commented on the LORD’s decision to judge Israel. His covenant people lack wisdom and understanding, leading them to worship the pagan gods of their enemies. This resulted in the LORD’s severe judgment upon His people.
Deuteronomy 32:23-27 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain (Ruler) God says He will use various tools such as famine, disease, war, wild beasts, and venomous snakes to carry out His judgment on His disobedient vassals, Israel.
Deuteronomy 32:19-22 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Suzerain (Ruler) God says He will reject His chosen people because they have abandoned Him.
Deuteronomy 32:15-18 meaningDecember 22, 2022
The Israelites rejected the Suzerain God because He has blessed them to the point of excess.
Deuteronomy 32:10-14 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses recounted some of the works of the Suzerain (Ruler) God to His vassals (servants), Israel. God serves as a shepherd, protector, and as father for His often-unfaithful people. The Israelites have every reason to trust and obey their spiritual father because He has always been faithful to them.
Deuteronomy 32:7-9 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses reminded the Israelites that the Suzerain (Ruler) God elected them and had taken them as His own inheritance.
Deuteronomy 32:5-6 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses contrasts God’s justice, steadfast love, and faithfulness with Israel’s foolishness and apostasy.
Deuteronomy 32:1-4 meaningDecember 22, 2022
Moses called on all creation to be a witness to a lawsuit the LORD brings against His covenant people. It also contains a proclamation of the name of the LORD.
Luke 15:25-32 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This third parable is often called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." This is Part 2 of this parable.
Luke 15:11-24 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This third parable is often called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." This is part one of the parable. It is about a father with two sons, neither of whom understand their Father’s perspective toward them, or what is actually in their best interest. The younger brother represents the attitude of sinners the Pharisees complained about, and the older brother represents the Pharisees. The first half of the parable tells how the younger son prematurely demanded his inheritance and left his father for a distant country where he squandered it all. After he became desperate, and believing himself to be unworthy as a son, he returned home hoping to be hired by his father. Instead, the father graciously reinstated him as a son and called for a major celebration because, in his words: "This son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found."
Luke 15:8-10 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This second parable is called "The Parable of the Lost Coin." It is about a woman with ten coins who turned her house upside down in search of the one that was lost. She rejoiced over it when she found it. Jesus then concluded the parable with another declaration about the value of repentance: "there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."
Luke 15:3-7 meaningDecember 15, 2022
Jesus told three parables in response to the Pharisees and scribes grumbling at how He mingles with sinners. This first parable is called “The Parable of the Lost Sheep.” It is about a shepherd that leaves ninety-nine of his sheep in the pasture in search of the one that is lost, and the joy he feels upon finding it. Jesus then tells His adversaries that there is more joy in heaven when one sinner repents over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need to repent.
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