December 2024

READ: Matt. 2:9-12 How do the wise men react to the lack of expectation in Jerusalem? No flags are raised; no one wants to join them! This is, after all, their king, the King of the Jews! Isn’t this enough for these pagan wise men to give up on the whole endeavor? Maybe they made […]

READ: Matt. 2:1-8 These wise men were pagan scholars who sought to understand the meaning and connection of events and developments. They often served kings. We know them from the book of Daniel. They tried to interpret events from the position and movement of stars, hoping to discern supernatural guidance. In fact, it was superstition.

READ: Matt. 1:18-25: …and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins. …they shall call His name Immanuel, which is translated, “God with us”… When Joseph realizes that Mary is pregnant while they are betrothed, he has not yet been informed about whom Mary is carrying. Joseph is

READ: Luke 1:13-17Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. – Mal.

READ: James 5:7-11Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! – James 5:9  Those who are victims of exploitation and oppression must endure it patiently and not react angrily. They should look forward to the return of Christ on the clouds when “He will

READ: James 5:1-6You have lived on the earth in pleasure and luxury. – James 5:5a In 4:13, wealthy merchants were mentioned who arrogantly make plans. The message was more general  and ended with the general remark: “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin” (4:17).

READ: James 4:13-17: … for what is your life? … It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away… Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.’ James calls us to a living faith. The Lord God demands from us

READ: James 4:11,12:  Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. There is one Lawgiver, who is able

READ: James 4:6-10Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. – James 4:7 It is crucial for the church not to live according to the flesh, which leads to death, but according to the Spirit, who gives life (Rom. 8:13,14). Those who repent amidst the mentioned conflicts and turn away

READ: James 4:1-5You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. – James 4:2b The entire letter of James centers on a living faith, one in which you are wholly connected to Christ and guided by His Word and His Holy Spirit. Then you receive wisdom from above, so your