Day 307, Year 1 Integrity, Righteousness, and Truthfulness “A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart.” (Psalm 15:1-2 NASB) The word “walk” in today’s verse, halak in Hebrew, also means […]
Day 306, Year 1 By Lovingkindness and Truth Iniquity Is Atoned For “By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, And by the fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil.” (Proverbs 16:6 NASB) The word “lovingkindness” in today’s verse, in Hebrew chesed, is often translated as “mercy.” Out of God’s mercy, our sins
An Exploratory Essay on the Star of Bethlehem—With reference to the Descriptions in Chapter Two of the Gospel According to Matthew Daniel Hung Fai CHO and Helsa CHO, 2025 Revised and expanded from the essay for the course requirement of The Stars and Our Lives at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2023 Abstract This
Day 305, Year 1 Genuine Faith … “When I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also.” (2 Timothy 1:5 NKJV) The quality of faith is crucial for people to continually believe in the
Day 304, Year 1 Jesus Rescues Us From This Present Evil Age Jesus Christ, “Who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.” (Galatians 1:4 NASB) As Jesus Christ sat down with believers, He might discuss how to
Day 303, Year 1 Welcome God’s Messengers in the Name of the Lord “For I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!’” (Matthew 23:39 NKJV) When God’s chosen Jerusalem could also be desolate because of sins, nowhere on earth
Day 302, Year 1 Strive to Solve the Problems of Sins “Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.” (Matthew 23:32 NASB) “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers
Day 301, Year 1 The Root Cause of Suffering “Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.” (Matthew 23:36 NASB) The words “all these things,” said by Jesus, refer to the previous verses about “the sentence of hell” and “the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth.” The
Day 300, Year 1 Reaping the Punishment of Generations … “Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city, so that upon you may fall the guilt of
Day 299, Year 1 How Can a Human Like a Viper Escape God’s Sentence? “You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?” (Matthew 23:33 NASB) If sinners can be freed from “serpents” and “the brood of vipers,” then they can escape the sentence of hell. Indeed, for many first-generation
