Daily Devotions

Matthew 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

    The women, at the tomb of Jesus, were met by an angel. He told them Jesus had risen from the dead; go tell others about it. It says, “And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.” I know there are many deep theological things in this passage, but what caught my attention was the news that caused them to go quickly, to run.

    The news is still the same today: Jesus is not in the tomb; He has risen. The command is still the same today: go quickly and tell others, He is coming again, and you shall see Him.

  

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

However, is our response the same today?
Are we going quickly?
Do we run to the world with this glorious news?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this passage and today’s devotion?

Within this reading, do I find a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are the things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

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Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 

 

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

    I know some have read this passage of scripture and have seen it as a works salvation verse. They understand it to say that if you do these good deeds, you will make it into heaven, and if you do not, you will not get in. However, you must read it all to understand it. We see in Matthew 25:37 that those who had done the good deeds did not even realize that they had done them. They were not working for salvation; they were serving because they were saved. 

 

    The parable shines a light on the heart of the believer and the unbeliever. Those who have trusted Christ have been given the Holy Spirit to reside in them. They act differently because they are made new and are different.

  

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Ask yourself, am I working to earn my salvation
or serving because of my salvation?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this passage and today’s devotion?

 

Within this reading, do I find a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are the things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

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IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this passage and today’s devotion?

Within this reading, do I find a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are the things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

Living In His Word Ministries

Matthew 22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

WHAT I HAVE SEEN:

    The Sadducees, like some today, believed that when a person dies, they are dead. However, they are not. The body may wait for the resurrection, but the soul lives on. The Sadducees did not believe in a resurrection. They took all they knew from the first five books of the Bible and argued that there was no afterlife. Some today believe that when a person dies, their soul goes to the grave with them. Jesus, using a statement from the first five books, tells them it is not so. Jesus said that God said, “I am the God of,” not, I was the God of. He is God of the living, not the dead.

    That is why Paul said in 2 Cor. 5:8, for the believer, to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. The soul immediately goes to be with God.

  

WHAT WILL YOU DO:

Do you believe eternal life is eternal, or interrupted?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this passage and today’s devotion?

Within this reading, do I find a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are the things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

Living In His Word Ministries