Day 60- Reading the New Testament in one year.
Urgent Prayer Request: Lord heal Blanca!!!
https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Mark.7
Mark 7:1-13
Urgent Prayer Request: Lord heal Blanca!!!
https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Mark.7
Mark 7:1-13
That Which Defiles
7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’[b]
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[c] your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[d] and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[e] 11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
March 1st Being acted upon
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
The need for spending time with the Lord should be considered from the viewpoint of the nature of transformation. The verb “transformed” is used four times in the New Testament: in Matthew 17:2; Mark 9:2; Romans 12:2; and 2 Corinthians 3:18. Every time this word is used, without exception, it is in the passive voice. When the Lord was on the mountain being “transfigured,” or “trans- formed,” on His part it was passive. It happened to Him. In Romans 12:2, again the word “transformed” is in the passive voice: “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” This means that our transformation is something happening to us. In 2 Corinthians 3:18 “being transformed” is also in the passive voice. On our part, the nature of transformation is passive. It is something that happens to us. We, as the subject, are being acted upon, not doing the acting. For example, the statement “I am baptizing” is in the active voice (the subject is acting); whereas, “I am being baptized” is in the passive voice (the subject is being acted upon). When we are beholding the glory of the Lord, we are being acted upon — we are being transformed — by the Lord Spirit. It is this passive process of being transformed that requires spending special time in the Lord’s presence beholding Him. The fact that the nature of transformation is passive reveals that there is no need to attempt to correct ourself, improve ourself, or change ourself in a religious way. Transformation is a process that happens to us. It is the spontaneous and automatic working of the Lord Spirit within us and upon us. For the Lord to be able to do this transforming work upon us, we need to spend time with Him, using our spirit to behold Him. So in our daily life let us spend more time with Him beholding His glory, rather than spending time being occupied with our own efforts and energy.
7 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus 2 and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.[a])
5 So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don’t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?”
6 He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:
“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
7 They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’[b]
8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions.”
9 And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe[c] your own traditions! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’[d] and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’[e] 11 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— 12 then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that.”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
March 1st Being acted upon
“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18
The need for spending time with the Lord should be considered from the viewpoint of the nature of transformation. The verb “transformed” is used four times in the New Testament: in Matthew 17:2; Mark 9:2; Romans 12:2; and 2 Corinthians 3:18. Every time this word is used, without exception, it is in the passive voice. When the Lord was on the mountain being “transfigured,” or “trans- formed,” on His part it was passive. It happened to Him. In Romans 12:2, again the word “transformed” is in the passive voice: “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” This means that our transformation is something happening to us. In 2 Corinthians 3:18 “being transformed” is also in the passive voice. On our part, the nature of transformation is passive. It is something that happens to us. We, as the subject, are being acted upon, not doing the acting. For example, the statement “I am baptizing” is in the active voice (the subject is acting); whereas, “I am being baptized” is in the passive voice (the subject is being acted upon). When we are beholding the glory of the Lord, we are being acted upon — we are being transformed — by the Lord Spirit. It is this passive process of being transformed that requires spending special time in the Lord’s presence beholding Him. The fact that the nature of transformation is passive reveals that there is no need to attempt to correct ourself, improve ourself, or change ourself in a religious way. Transformation is a process that happens to us. It is the spontaneous and automatic working of the Lord Spirit within us and upon us. For the Lord to be able to do this transforming work upon us, we need to spend time with Him, using our spirit to behold Him. So in our daily life let us spend more time with Him beholding His glory, rather than spending time being occupied with our own efforts and energy.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17eWXuUTq5s
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Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17eWXuUTq5s
No copyright infringement intended
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