rev. S. de Marie

READ: Ps. 94:1-23: … O God of vengeance, shine forth! Judge of the earth, rise up … For the LORD will not cast off His people … But the LORD has been my defence … He will bring on them their own iniquity … He shall cut them off. Let us establish at the outset

READ: Ps. 93:1-5: … Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting … mightier than the noise of mighty waters … holiness adorns Your house, O LORD, forever. As the people and church of the Lord, we must continue to see Him in His omnipotence. He stands above all earthly rulers; He

READ: Ps. 92:1-16: … I will triumph in the works of Your hands … a senseless man does not know this … in old age … they shall be fresh and flourishing … to declare that the LORD is upright … For the believer, the Sabbath day is not a day of compulsory restriction but

READ: Luke 8:40-56: … And immediately her flow of blood stopped … Go in peace … Do not weep; she is not dead, but sleeping … and her spirit returned, and she arose immediately … Jesus continues to perform incomprehensibly great miracles. Everyone who hears and sees Him ought surely to acknowledge that He is

READ: Luke 8:26-39: … he went throughout the whole city and proclaimed what great things Jesus had done for him. The boat trip ends on the other side, in the country of the Gadarenes or Gergesenes (Matt. 8:28), probably near the place of Kursi. The high plateau behind it belongs to what is known as

READ: Luke 8:19-25: … My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it … Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him! Jesus now also points out those who actually listen to Him with a believing heart and obey Him.

READ: Luke 8:16-18: Let then that you listen carefully, for whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him. With many hearers, the seed of the Gospel finds no good soil, but is lost. What purpose does the proclamation of

READ: Luke 8:1-15: … He who has ears to hear, let him hear … Jesus proclaims the Kingdom of God everywhere: God is King. When He is acknowledged by people, they will direct their lives toward this King, obey Him, and be ruled by Him. Such a person is completely delivered from every other dominion

READ: Luke 7:36-50: … Your faith has saved you; go in peace! Most of the Pharisees and scribes have already shown their disapproval of Jesus (see v.34). Jesus receives an invitation to a meal at the home of a Pharisee named Simon. The Lord accepts the invitation; He does not show partiality. Simon too is

READ: Luke 7:24-35: … But wisdom is justified by all her children. When John’s disciples have left, Jesus explains this same matter to the crowd. He shows how John the Baptist and He Himself, as the promised Messiah, are connected. The people must realize who John is. Is he a doubter, like a reed that