From January 24, 31, 2024 to February 7, 2024
Read John 1:14
- Jesus came to earth and brought us grace and truth
- He came as the Word of God to show us who God is
Read John 14:1-7
- We can only get to the Father through Jesus
- Jesus brings the truth into our lives
- This leads to our salvation
Read John 18:28-40
- Jesus told them that he was a king of a different kingdom
- They could not understand the truth he was speaking
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Read Genesis 2: 15-17 and Genesis 3: 1-7
- God created the man and woman to take care of the Garden
- They could eat from any tree except one
- The serpent showed up and twisted the words of God and tempted Eve
- What was the truth? Did Eve really know the truth?
- We were already made in God’s image and ruling with God in the Garden of Eden
- We did not need anything extra, we had everything we needed
- Jesus warned them they were from the world and could not understand what he was saying
- He was speaking to the Jews who had believed him
- He told them they had to obey him if they knew the truth
- Everyone who sins is a slave to sin and he can set them free
- But they had no room for his word in their hearts
- Jesus told them they were the children of the devil because they spoke his native language.
- When we listen to God, we belong to God. When we listen to Satan we belong to Satan.
- We are able to make a decision. We don’t have to make choices against God’s will.
- When we are born of God, we do not continue to sin
- We can hear the voice of God and obey his word
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- Isaiah was warning Judah that they would be taken into captivity by Babylon
- Judah in exile was like a wife deserted who married young; but God decided to restore them and have compassion on them
- God’s unfailing love will not be shaken and he will not remove his covenant of peace from us
Leviticus 13: 1-4 and 45-46
- These are laws for skin diseases to keep them from spreading among the camp
- They were to alert others of their sickness by yelling and dressing differently
- Jesus healed the man with leprosy who was humble
- Jesus touched him which was against the laws of Leviticus
- Jesus didn’t want the healed man to tell anyone else about the healing so that he could continue preaching
- We can spread the news of Jesus’s healing powers to others
- Jesus raised the dead son to life
- Jesus had compassion on the woman because she was a widow and now had a dead son
- Jesus reached out and touched the dead body and raised him back to life
- When Jesus’s heart goes out to someone he does something to them
- The whole crowd praised God and were claiming he was a prophet and God has come to help his people with this healing
- When we share about God’s healing to others they will have a chance to believe and obey him