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

Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV) 36  But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment For all those who died before that time will be raised from the earth, their spirits being joined and justified (acquitted), and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved (Romans 10 :9-10). Today: Revelation 14

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

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.”

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

Psalm 23 A psalm of David. 1  The L ORD  is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green But it is spread and dispersed throughout the entire world, though still joined and united in heart and the Bible often refers to us - God's people - as being the sheep of His pasture (Psalms 79, 95 , 96 , 100 , John 10 , just to name a few).

Acts 20:7-12 (NIV) 7  On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10  Paul 11  Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12  The people took the young man home alive and were greatly Moreover, though the sacraments and thing signified are joined together, not all receive both of them

its people into exile, and scattered them among the nations—just as the LORD had long warned. 2 Kings 17 From watchtower to fortified city they built themselves high places in all their towns. 10  They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree. 11  At every high They bowed down to all the starry hosts, and they worshiped Baal. 17  They sacrificed their sons and Verses 14 & 15 show how it is that this infection so quickly spreads among God's people - Israel then