by Steven | Oct 31, 2022 | devotional, Malachi
Devotional: Malachi 2:17-3:5 Reflection (Mal 2:17 ESV) You have wearied the LORD with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them.” Or by...
by Steven | Oct 25, 2022 | devotional, Malachi
Devotional: Malachi 2:10-16 Reflection (Mal 2:10 ESV) Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers? (Mal 2:11 ESV) Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed...
by Steven | Oct 18, 2022 | devotional, Malachi
Devotional: Malachi 2:1-9 Reflection Malachi 2:8-9 (Mal 2:8 ESV) But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts, (Mal 2:9 ESV) and so I make you despised and...
by Steven | Oct 16, 2022 | devotional, Malachi
Devotional: Malachi Intro & 1:1-14 Reflection Read Malachi Chapter 1. Focus on the accusation God makes of the Israelites in verses 6-9 and 13-14. Discussion They say, “Where you see smoke, there is fire.” Smoke is the sign, fire is the source. That saying fits...
by Steven | Oct 1, 2022 | devotional, doctrines
Devotional: Doctrines: Ordinances Reflection Jesus commands the church to baptize new believers and remember His sacrifice in communion. Both of these are symbols of the work Christ has done and illustrate the gospel. The Biblical mode of baptism is by immersion of...
by Steven | Sep 25, 2022 | devotional, doctrines
Devotional: Doctrines: The Trinity Reflection: Ephesians 1:3-14 God the Father (Eph 1:3 ESV) Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, (Eph 1:4 ESV) even as he chose us...
