Bible League: Living His Word Like newborn babies hungry for milk, you should want the pure teaching that feeds your spirit. With it you can grow up and be saved.We can act like adults and we can act like babies. When it comes to the Word of God, our verse for today says that we should act like babies. Indeed, newborn babies. When the Apostle Peter wrote this he must have had Jesus' words in the back of his mind, "The truth is, you must change your thinking and become like little children. If you don't do this, you will never enter God's kingdom" (Matthew 18:3). When it comes to the Word of God, we must accept it on faith without question, like little children, like babies. The reason why we should act like babies is that the Word of God is pure teaching that feeds our spirits. God's Word is revelation from God Himself. We should never question God's veracity, just as little children never question their parent's veracity. The Word of God is good for us. It feeds us and sustains us. It gives us the proper perspective on life and it helps us to set the proper course for our lives. Without the Word of God to light up our path we are lost souls wandering blindly around in the darkness (Psalm 119:105). Ironically enough, when we receive the Word of God like children we are turned into full-fledged adults. We grow up when we are fed the Word of God. Instead of acting like undisciplined, unschooled children, we act like adults. We act like people who know what life is all about and who know where they fit in life. The person who has been fed the Word of God and has grown up is a person who has found the way of salvation. Everyone has a choice to make. When confronted with the Word of God we can act like babies and grow up to be adults who have found salvation or we can act like adults and shrink down to the level of a child who does not know the way of salvation. We must daily set aside the proud adult in us with all its doubts and questions and humble ourselves like little children before the Word of God that can save us. Bible in a Year Old Testament ReadingJudges 15, 16, 17 Judges 15 -- Samson Burns the Philistine Crops NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Judges 16 -- Samson and Delilah; Samson's Capture and Death NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Judges 17 -- Micah's Idolatry NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB New Testament Reading Luke 10:1-24 Luke 10 -- Jesus Sends out the Seventy-two; Good Samaritan; Martha and Mary's House NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library. Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Insight Love and kindness are important character qualities. Both involve actions as well as attitudes. A loving person not only feels love; he or she also acts loyally and responsibly. A kind person works for justice for others. Challenge Thoughts and words are not enough—our lives reveal whether we are truly loving and kind. Do your actions measure up to your attitudes? Morning and Evening by Spurgeon Luke 23:26 On him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.We see in Simon's carrying the cross a picture of the work of the Church throughout all generations; she is the cross-bearer after Jesus. Mark then, Christian, Jesus does not suffer so as to exclude your suffering. He bears a cross, not that you may escape it, but that you may endure it. Christ exempts you from sin, but not from sorrow. Remember that, and expect to suffer. But let us comfort ourselves with this thought, that in our case, as in Simon's, it is not our cross, but Christ's cross which we carry. When you are molested for your piety; when your religion brings the trial of cruel mockings upon you, then remember it is not your cross, it is Christ's cross; and how delightful is it to carry the cross of our Lord Jesus! You carry the cross after him. You have blessed company; your path is marked with the footprints of your Lord. The mark of his blood-red shoulder is upon that heavy burden. 'Tis his cross, and he goes before you as a shepherd goes before his sheep. Take up your cross daily, and follow him. Do not forget, also, that you bear this cross in partnership. It is the opinion of some that Simon only carried one end of the cross, and not the whole of it. That is very possible; Christ may have carried the heavier part, against the transverse beam, and Simon may have borne the lighter end. Certainly it is so with you; you do but carry the light end of the cross, Christ bore the heavier end. And remember, though Simon had to bear the cross for a very little while, it gave him lasting honor. Even so the cross we carry is only for a little while at most, and then we shall receive the crown, the glory. Surely we should love the cross, and, instead of shrinking from it, count it very dear, when it works out for us "a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." Daily Light on the Daily Path Genesis 32:26 Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But he said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me."Isaiah 27:5 "Or let him rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me." Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once. Matthew 9:29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, "It shall be done to you according to your faith." James 1:6,7 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. • For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, Luke 24:28,29,31,32 And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther. • But they urged Him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over." So He went in to stay with them. • Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. • They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" Exodus 33:13 "Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people." Exodus 33:14 And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest." New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. |
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