It's Day 48 and we're in Genesis 46.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Nothing jumped out to me today. That's ok. There will be days like that.
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If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 47 and we're in Ephesians 6.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Nothing really jumped out to me today.
Help:
- Verses 5-9 - Slavery was a cultural reality in Paul's day, like it has been in many eras. In other New Testament passages, Paul makes the case for being freed from slavery when that opportunity is present (see the book of Philemon). When that possibility was not there, this instruction from Ephesians 6 was relevant.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 46 and we're in Ephesians 5.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 32 - This is a "mystery" I've pondered quite a bit, without coming to much of a conclusion yet. So I guess I'll just keep thinking.
Help:
- Verses 22-30 - This passage is, obviously, controversial. Among the approaches to it: 1. It's a cultural thing from Paul's day that does not apply to us today. 2. It is applicable to today, but it's important to keep it in the context of the mutual submission mentioned in verse 21. 3. Or more straightforward: this is the nature of the way marriage relationships are to be.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 45 and we're in Ephesians 4.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 24 - This is such an important spiritual growth idea: we have to put on the new person that we've become.
Help:
- Verses 9-10 - Some argue these verses refer to Christ "descending into hell" after His death in order to preach to the spirits held captive; others believe it's a reference to Jesus coming to earth.
- Verses 22-24 - We have been given a new nature and been made into a new creation through Christ. We still, however, are in our flesh and struggle with its earthly tendencies. We need to make a conscious choice to "put on" the person we've been made in Christ and "put off" the old self.
- Verse 30 - "sealed" - Like a letter from a king would have been given the royal seal before it was sent, so we to have been "sealed" by the Holy Spirit as proof of God's intent to see us through the journey ahead.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 44 and we're in Ephesians 3.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 9 - Thank the Lord for this "mystery."
Help:
- Verses 3-4, 6 - The mystery he's talking about in verses 3-4 is that the Gentiles are being allowed to be saved through the Jewish Messiah, as is noted in verse 6.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 43 and we're in Ephesians 2.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 7 - The phrase "in coming ages" got me to thinking about some possibilities I hadn't considered before.
Help:
- Verse 2 - "ruler of the kingdom of the air" - Another title for Satan.
- Verse 14 - In this verse, he is talking about the dividing wall between Jews and Gentiles has been broken down by Christ.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
It's Day 42 and we're in Ephesians 1.
Where God Spoke To Me:
- Verse 19 - I want to see that "incomparably great power" at work in my life. Pour it on, Father.
If you want to read the chapter online, here's a link.
If you have a question or comment, email me at butcher@ymail.com.
