Living Room Study

Genesis 48

“So he (Jacob) blessed them that day with these words: Israel will invoke blessings by you saying, ‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh,’ putting Ephraim before Manasseh.  Then Israel said to Joseph, ‘Look!  I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land [...]

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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

A friend [...]

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Romans 4

“Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.  But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares righteous the ungodly, his faith is credited for righteousness.”  Romans 4:4-5

Let’s say you’re in a little debt and you need to make some [...]

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2 John

“And this is love: that we walk according to His commands.  This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.”  2 John v.6

Funny, my devotional will be longer than the whole book of 2nd John!

As a young believer, I really wanted to honor the Lord in [...]

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Philippians 1

“For it has been given to you on Messiah’s behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, having the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear about me.”  Philippians 1:29-30

“Hey, Paul! How are we supposed to convert sinners with THAT kind of theology? Struggling? [...]

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Numbers 16

“Just as he (Moses) finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split open.  The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, all of Korah’s people and their possessions.  They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them.  The earth closed over them and they vanished from [...]

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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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Exodus 27

“You are to construct and altar of acacia wood.”  Exodus 27: 1

The Orthodox (non Messianic) Jewish Rabbis explain the symbolism of the altar by forming an anagram from each of the four letters spelling the Hebrew word: “Mizbe’ah”. Since few of you read Hebrew and my computer doesn’t type Hebrew letters, you’ll just [...]

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Genesis 47

“Then Pharaoh asked his brothers, ‘What is your occupation?’  And they said to Pharaoh, ‘Your servants, both we and our fathers, are shepherds.’  Then they said to Pharaoh, ‘We have to live in the land for a while because there is no grazing land for your servants’ sheep, since the famine in the land [...]

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Acts 28

“As Paul gathered a bundle of brushwood and put it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself to his hand.  When the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, ‘This man is probably a murderer, and though he has escaped [...]

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