Living Room Study

Job 25

“Bildad the Shuchi said, ‘Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places.  Can His armies be numbered?  On whom does His light not shine?  How then can humans be righteous with God?  How can those born of women be clean?  Why, before Him even the moon lacks brightness, and [...]

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Job 32

“Elihu had waited to speak with Job because they (the other friends) were older than he; however, when Elihu saw that these three had no answer his anger flared up.  Elihu the son of Barakh’el the Buzi said: “I am young and you are old, so I held back from telling you my opinion.  [...]

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Luke 22

“‘Lord,’ he told Him,  ‘I’m ready to go with You both to prison and to death!’  ‘I tell you, Peter,’ He said, ‘the rooster will not crow today until you deny three times that you know me.’”  Luke 22:33-34

In the Jewish calendar there are three major festivals, collectively known as the Shalosh Regalim.  Shalosh [...]

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Job 24

“Yet God keeps pulling the mighty along – they get up even when not trusting their own lives.  However, even if God lets them rest in safety, His eyes are on their ways.  They are exalted for a little while; and then they are gone, brought low, gathered in like all others, shriveled up [...]

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Job 31

“I wish I had someone who would listen to me!  Here is my signature; let Shaddai answer me!  I wish I had the indictment my adversary has written!  I would carry it on my shoulder; I would bind it on me like a crown.  I would declare every one of my steps; I would [...]

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Romans 2

“Or do you presume on the riches of His kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?  But because of your hard and impenitent (unrepentant) heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.”  [...]

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Romans 1

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is God’s power for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek (Gentile).  For in it God’s righteousness is revealed from faith to faith, just as it is written: The righteous will live by faith.”  Romans 1:16-17

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Luke 21

“He looked up and saw the rich dropping their offerings into the temple treasury.  He also saw a poor widow dropping in two tiny coins.  “I tell you the truth,” He said.  “This poor widow has put in more than all of them.  For all these people have put in gifts out of [...]

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Mark 7

“Then the Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, ‘Why don’t Your disciples live according to the traditions of the elders, instead of eating bread with ritually unclean hands?’  He answered them, ‘Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from [...]

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Mark 6

One of the titles Matthew gives Jesus is “Son of David”. From the line of David, Messiah Jesus is the Good Shepherd, who came to redeem the lost sheep of Israel.

Perhaps, the most well-known Davidic song is Psalm 23, “The Lord Is My Shepherd”. Not only is Psalm 23 poetically beautiful, it is also [...]

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