Psalm of the Day: Psalm 44 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 25:16-28 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:33-44 We should notice the clear religious knowledge possessed by the devil and his agents. Twice in these verses we have proof of this. "I know you who you are — the holy one of God!" was the language of an demon in one case. "You are Christ the son of God," was the language of many demons in another case. Yet this knowledge was a knowledge unaccompanied by faith, or hope, or cha

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 43 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 25:1-14 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:23-32 We learn from this passage how diligently we ought to persevere in well doing, notwithstanding discouragements. We are doubtless meant to draw this lesson from the conduct of our Lord, after His rejection at Nazareth. Not moved by the harsh treatment He received, He patiently works on. Thrust out of one place, He passes on to another. Cast forth from Nazareth, He comes to Cap

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 42 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 24:23-34 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:23-32 We learn how bitterly human nature dislikes the doctrine of the sovereignty of God. We see this in the conduct of the Jews of Nazareth when our Lord reminded them that God was under no obligation to work miracles among them. Were there not many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah? No doubt there were. Yet to none of them was the prophet sent. All were passed over in fav

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 41 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 24:1-22 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:23-32 We learn how apt men are to despise the highest privileges, when they are familiar with them. We see it in the conduct of the men of Nazareth, when they had heard the Lord Jesus preach. They could find no fault in His sermon. They could point to no inconsistency in His past life. But because the preacher had dwelt among them thirty years, and His face, and voice, and appearan

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 40 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 23:18-35 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:14-22 We should observe what an instructive example we have in these verses of the manner in which religious teaching is often heard. We are told that when our Lord had finished His sermon at Nazareth, His hearers "spoke well of Him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth." But their hearts were utterly unmoved and unaffected. They were even full of e

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 39 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 23:1-17 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:14-22 We should observe a striking account our Lord gave to the congregation at Nazareth, of His own office and ministry. We are told that He chose a passage from the book of Isaiah, in which the prophet foretold the nature of the work Messiah was to do when He came into the world. And when our Lord had read this prophecy, He told the listening crowd around Him, that He Himself was

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 38 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 22:16-30 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:14-22 These verses relate events which are only recorded in the Gospel of Luke. They describe the first visit which our Lord paid after entering on His public ministry to the city of Nazareth, where He had been brought up. Taken together with the two verses which immediately follow, they furnish an solemnly striking proof that "the carnal mind is enmity against God." (Romans 8:7)

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 37 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 22:1-15 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:1-13 Let us notice lastly the manner in which our Lord resisted Satan's temptations. Three times we see Him foiling and baffling the great enemy who assaulted Him. He does not yield a hair's breadth to him. He does not give him a moment's advantage. Three times we see Him using the same weapon, in reply to his temptations "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." (Ephesi

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 36 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 21:16-30 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:1-13 Let us notice the exceeding subtlety of our great spiritual enemy, the devil. Three times we see him assaulting our Lord, and trying to draw Him into sin. Each assault showed the hand of a master in the area of temptation. Each assault was the work of one acquainted with every weak point in human nature by long experience. Each deserves an attentive study. Satan's first devi

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 35 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 21:1-15 Scripture Reading: Luke 4 Let us notice our Lord Jesus Christ's ability to sympathize with those who are tempted. This is a truth that stands out prominently in this passage. Jesus has been really and literally tempted Himself. It was proper that He who came "to destroy the works of the devil" should begin His own work with a special conflict with Satan. It was proper that the great Shepherd and bishop of

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 34 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 20:17-30 Scripture Reading: Luke 4:1-13 Let us first mark in this passage the power and unwearied malice of the devil. That old serpent who tempted Adam to sin in Paradise was not afraid to assault the second Adam, the Son of God. Satan saw in Jesus One who had come into the world to overthrow his kingdom. He had seen what happened at our Lord's baptism. He had heard the marvelous words from Heaven. He felt that th

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 33 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 17:17-30 Scripture Reading: Luke 3:23-38 We see, lastly, in these verses what a frail and dying creature is man. We read at the end of the chapter a long list of names, containing the genealogy of the family in which our Lord was born, traced up through David and Abraham to Adam. How little we know of many of the seventy-five people, whose names are here recorded! They all had their joys and sorrows, their hopes an

Psalm of the Day: Psalm 32 Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 20:1-16 Scripture Reading: Luke 3:21-22 We see in these verses a marvelous proclamation of our Lord's office as Mediator between God and man. A voice was heard from Heaven at His baptism, which said, "You are my beloved Son, in you I am well pleased." There is but One who could say this. It was the voice of God the Father. These solemn words no doubt contain much that is deeply mysterious. One thing however about

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