Day 68- Reading the New Testament in one year.
Praise Alert: Joshua is receiving rehabilitation. Blanca is in rehab…… improving.
Mark 11:19-33
19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples[a] went out of the city.
20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[b] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” [26] [c]
The Authority of Jesus Questioned
27 They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. 28 “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?”
29 Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!”
31 They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ 32 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’ …” (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)
33 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
March 9th Christ formed in us by the Word
“But what does it say? The word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).” ROMANS 10:8
As we come under the hearing of the Word, it becomes the agent that forms Christ in us. This Word brings us under the hearing of faith, and Christ is formed in our heart. He is formed in me because someone spoke Him into me by means of the Word. For example, Christ was formed in the Corinthians by means of Paul’s speaking the gospel. He implies this in 1 Corinthians 4:15: “For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.” Paul says, “The word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).” How does the Word get into our mouth and into our heart? By being formed there as we sit, relax, and hear the Word. This is called “the hearing of faith” (Gal. 3:2, 5). Hear the wonderful words of life. Hear that Christ loves you. Hear that He died for you. Hear that He was raised for you. Hear that He will do everything in you. Just hear it. And the moment you say, “Lord Jesus,” He is in your heart. He is formed there. How was He formed? He was formed by the spoken Word. So the way Christ is formed in us is not by works of law, but by the hearing of faith.
19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples[a] went out of the city.
20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”
22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[b] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” [26] [c]
The Authority of Jesus Questioned
27 They arrived again in Jerusalem, and while Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders came to him. 28 “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you authority to do this?”
29 Jesus replied, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 30 John’s baptism—was it from heaven, or of human origin? Tell me!”
31 They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ 32 But if we say, ‘Of human origin’ …” (They feared the people, for everyone held that John really was a prophet.)
33 So they answered Jesus, “We don’t know.”
Jesus said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman
March 9th Christ formed in us by the Word
“But what does it say? The word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).” ROMANS 10:8
As we come under the hearing of the Word, it becomes the agent that forms Christ in us. This Word brings us under the hearing of faith, and Christ is formed in our heart. He is formed in me because someone spoke Him into me by means of the Word. For example, Christ was formed in the Corinthians by means of Paul’s speaking the gospel. He implies this in 1 Corinthians 4:15: “For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.” Paul says, “The word is near you, even in your mouth and in your heart (that is, the word of faith which we preach).” How does the Word get into our mouth and into our heart? By being formed there as we sit, relax, and hear the Word. This is called “the hearing of faith” (Gal. 3:2, 5). Hear the wonderful words of life. Hear that Christ loves you. Hear that He died for you. Hear that He was raised for you. Hear that He will do everything in you. Just hear it. And the moment you say, “Lord Jesus,” He is in your heart. He is formed there. How was He formed? He was formed by the spoken Word. So the way Christ is formed in us is not by works of law, but by the hearing of faith.
A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Ariel, Ariana, Cookie, Daina, Cy, Debbie, Derithia, Heather, Mia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Robert, and Willie.
Health and Healing
Health and Healing
Vonetta's mom and Willie
Support and Comfort
Praise Alert
Blanca is in rehab….improving.
Blanca is in rehab….improving.
National
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.
Conflict between citizens and police officer.
International
Israel and Palestine
Iraq
Iraq
Syrians
Ukraine
Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxohx7IcN1Q
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Missing Nigerian Christian girls.
Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sxohx7IcN1Q
No copyright infringement intended
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