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Many of the religious leaders of Jesus’ day failed to rejoice when the hurting were helped. The religion police were more interested in procedures than people.
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April 17 | Perfect Love
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“Holy Week,” as it is called, is a demonstration of perfect love. Even while enduring the cross, sustaining the solemnity of the tomb and experiencing the victory of the resurrection, Jesus continued to love and serve others.
April 10 | Perfect Judgment
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The woman poured out her repentance in several ways—weeping (in contrition) over Jesus’ feet, letting her hair down so she could use her “glory” as a towel, kissing his feet, and pouring expensive perfume on them.
April 3 | Perfect Compassion
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He “touched the bier” (somewhat like a casket). This made Jesus unclean. but he immediately destroyed the evidence of uncleanness by raising the young man from the dead. People must have been shocked. . . .
March 27 | Living and Holy Sacrifice
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After 11 chapters of doctrine in Romans, Paul shifted his focus to duty in this chapter. . . .
March 20 | Holy Root, Holy Branches
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Did the Old Testament Israelites stumble in their faith? Yes, but did they stumble in an irrecoverable way? Not at all! In fact, God used their stumbling as an avenue for the Gentiles to come into God’s plan. . . .
March 13 | The Holy Commandment Exposes My Unholiness!
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The law was intended to make God’s people holy. In the end, the law underlined their sinfulness.
March 6 | Raised to a Holy Life
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Second to love, holiness is probably God’s greatest quality. It is God’s “otherliness,” setting him apart from his creation. . . .
Feb. 27 | Justified and Saved
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In Romans 9–11, Paul marked out how God’s salvific plan related to both Jews and Gentiles. The Jews had some definite advantages over the Gentiles, but sometimes they compromised those advantages. . . .