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December 5, 2021 Scripture: And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? Isaiah 36:4 ESV Observation: Isaiah and the authors of Kings and Chronicles present parallel accounts of the above verse and its surrounding narrative of Hezekiah and Judah’s […]

December 4, 2021 Scripture: Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. John 13:5 ESV Observation: John introduces his account of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet by prefacing the time (during their seder meal on the eve of Passover), Christ’s […]

December 3, 2021 Scripture: So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church. Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:12, 20, […]

December 2, 2021 Scripture: And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, […]

December 1, 2021 Scripture: When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways. 1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV Observation: Having challenged the Corinthians to exercise their spiritual gifts for the benefit of the church as a whole, Paul […]

November 30, 2021 Scripture: Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” John […]