Day 321, Year 1 Practice Honesty Makes People Honest “Birds roost with their own kind, so honesty comes home to those who practice it.” (Sirach 27:9, NRSVCE) Today’s verse is regarded as belonging to one of the books of the Second Canon by many Old Testament scholars. In fact, there are several of those books […]
Day 322, Year 1 Believing in God as Our Basis “Just as Abraham ‘believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.’ Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.” (Galatians 3:6-7 NKJV) As mentioned earlier, “Birds roost with their own kind,” this has a similar meaning to those
Day 323, Year 1 Abraham’s Justification by Faith “In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, ‘So Shall Your Descendants Be.’ Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about
Day 324, Year 1 The Fruit of Faith “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1 NKJV) The first half of today’s verse could be translated as: Faith is the essence that is being hoped for. First, our hope is to be “hoped.” This is absolutely
Day 325, Year 1 The Elders of Faith “For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.” (Hebrews 11:2 NKJV) The word “elder” in today’s verse is the plural of presbuteros in Greek, which is also translated as “old men” (Acts 2:17). Old is an objective description of advanced age, but for the Israelites, elders
Day 326, Year 1 God’s Word Created Different Worlds “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.” (Hebrews 11:3 NKJV) The Book of Hebrews pointed out that the elders’ faith is based on the
Day 327, Year 1 Abel’s Faith “By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.” (Hebrews 11:4 NASB) God said to Cain, Abel’s brother, “If you do well,
Day 328, Year 1 Enoch That Did Not See Death “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ‘and was not found, because God had taken him’; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” (Hebrews 11:5 NKJV) Enoch “walked with God” (Gen. 5:22b NASB)
Day 329, Year 1 Have Faith to Receive God’s Reward “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6 NKJV) Today’s scripture outlines the secret of God’s pleasing to those
Day 330, Year 1 Those Who Diligently Seek God “For he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” (Hebrews 11:6b NKJV) The God of the Bible is the center of everything in the world, beyond what other religions or beliefs refer
