Gospels: Week 7 - The cost of discipleship Matthew 19:16–30 (NASB95) 16 And someone came to Jesus and 17 And He said to him, “Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” 18 Then he commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; 19

Gospels: Week 6 - Confession, offense, glory, and resurrection power Logos.com Matthew 16:13–20 (NASB95 ) 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus said to him, “

Matthew 14:22–33 (NASB95) 22 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him

Son that the world may be saved through Him Gospels: Week 4 - Kingdom Teaching and Parables John 3:16 –21 (NASB95) 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to Summary John 3:16 is one of the most beloved verses of the Bible. And as verse 17 teaches, all this was done so that the world might be saved through him.

Gospels: Week 3 - Jesus' authority to call, heal, forgive, and welcome sinners Faithlife.com Matthew 9:9–13 And he got up and followed Him. 10 Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house , behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 When 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire compassion, and not sacrifice,’ for I

12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13 But go and Look at the background that 1 Maccabees paints for us on why the Jews hated their occupiers so much. It tells the story of what happened in Israel approximately 170 years before Jesus. 1 Maccabees 1:41– who sided with the God hating and infant murdering occupiers - without reading accounts like this in 1 Today: Acts 15

Bible.com Ecclesiastes 12 (NIV) 12 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of He pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. 10 The Teacher searched to find just the right words, and what he wrote was upright and true. 11 The words of the wise are like goads, their collected sayings like firmly embedded nails—given by one shepherd. 12 Be warned, my son, of anything Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body. 13 Now all has been heard; here

Job has been given many unhelpful lectures from his so-called friends, and Job 19 records one of his Job 19:23–29 (NIV) 23 “Oh, that my words were recorded, that they were written on a scroll, 24 that they Summary In Job 19, we find Job at his absolute all-time low. breath (v. 17), and even his own body is "nothing but skin and bones” (v. 20). In Job’s “dim hope” within chapter 19, we can see the brightness of our “living hope.”

Revelation 22:12-17 (NIV) 12 “Look, I am coming soon! My reward [ settlement ] is with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article   37: The Last Judgment (Part 1) :11-15). Christ came so that you might have life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10).

Hebrews goes on to report that "It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins (Heb. 10 Today: Ephesians 6