John 14:6
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6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 17:11
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11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Galatians 6:8
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8 Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
Our Daily Bread May 20, 2014
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Once Upon A Time
By
Cindy Hess Kasper
Read: Matthew
24:32-44
The Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was
in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. —Jonah 1:17
Bible in a Year:
1 Chronicles 10-12;
John 6:45-71
Some people say
that the Bible is just a collection of fairy tales. A boy slaying a giant. A
man swallowed by a big fish. Noah’s boat-building experience. Even some
religious people think that these events are just nice stories with a good
moral.
Jesus Himself,
however, spoke of Jonah and the giant fish, and Noah and the flood, as actual
events: “As the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man
be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and
did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be” (Matt. 24:37-39). His return will happen when
we’re not expecting it.
Jesus compared
Jonah’s 3 days inside the big fish to the 3 days He would experience in the
grave before His resurrection (Matt. 12:40). And Peter talked about Noah and
the flood when he equated it to a future day when Jesus comes back (2 Peter
2:4-9).
God gave us His
Word; it’s a book that is filled with truth—not fairy tales. And one day, we
will live happily ever after with Him when Jesus comes again and receives His
children to Himself.
We’re waiting for You, Lord, to come
And take us home to be with You;
Your promise to return for us
Gives hope because we know it’s true. —Sper
We
have reason for optimism if we’re looking for Christ’s return.
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