Tag: Righteousness
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GNB 2.259
November 9, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1.27) “Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If…
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GNB 2.257
November 7, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1.27) “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I…
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GNB 2.255
November 5, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1.27) “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’…
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GNB 2.251
October 31, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1.27) “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’…
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GNB 2.240
10/17/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1.27) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: I weary of the debate which happens in the contemporary Church between “religion…
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GNB 2.239
10/16/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly [that they can do so as well] will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5.19) TODAY’S REFLECTION…
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GNB 2.235
10/10/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” (Matthew 5.17) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Whatever we do we must live by the imperative of Christ, “Go and do likewise.” It is in the…
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GNB 2.234
10/9/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will truly disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in…
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GNB 2.232
10/6/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Jesus said, [Listen, I speak the truth,] ‘Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.’” (Matthew 5.20) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: How many times do you need to read that one verse before it speaks…
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GNB 2.230
10/4/2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.” (Matthew 5.13) TODAY’S REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Would that Jesus was speaking to everyone and…
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