THE MEANING OF THE SABBATH

de | nov. 8, 2019 | Devotionals

31Therefore, because it was the Preparation Day, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. [simple_tooltip...

HONOR YOUR PARENTS

de | nov. 7, 2019 | Devotionals

When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” (John 19:26)   John is the only gospel writer to give this account of Jesus’ last ministry to His mother, perhaps because Jesus gave...

THE VEIL IS TORN

de | nov. 6, 2019 | Devotionals

Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. (Luke 23:45)   The veil reached from the ceiling to the floor, from wall to wall, and separated the Holy of Holies from the Holy Place in the Temple. Solomon’s Temple was thirty cubits high...

PARADISE

de | nov. 5, 2019 | Devotionals

43And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.” [simple_tooltip content=’39 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.” 40 But the other, answering,...

GOD’S FORGIVENESS IS FOR ALL SINS

de | nov. 4, 2019 | Devotionals

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted His raiment, and cast lots. (Luke 23:34)   Forgiveness of sins is one of the great themes of the Bible, which says so much about it that it would take volumes to adequately...

IS IT THE TRUTH?

de | nov. 3, 2019 | Devotionals

saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!” (Matthew 27:4)   The religious Jews who had courted Judas’ favor to obtain his cooperation in arresting Jesus cared nothing for him. They simply used him. The...