Chapter 19 ⁽²³⁾

What do you look to for assurance that you will enter Christ's kingdom? Is there a one-off event or deed that you did to confirm your salvation? Do you depend on your continued good deeds to assure your place in Heaven? In this passage, a…

Passage Read: Judges 18-21 Meditation Verses: 19:29-30 There are so many problems with this story that no one in it seems aware of; it perfectly illustrates the moral lostness of the nation at this time. The Levite apparently had no normal wife, so he buys…

Marriage. It can be the hardest of relationships. Surely there's a way out when things go bad. Even God wouldn't make me endure with this impossible person. God's Word is restrictive; in some cases, to obey would be tragic. So we seek to follow the…

Passage Read: Exodus 19-22 Meditation Verse: 19:5 This is what God says of believers today, that we are being made into a kingdom of priests and a holy people! Israel was to be the same by walking in obedience to His commands, by being a…

Passage Read: Acts 18-19 Meditation Verses: 19:8-9 Applying this model today would look like going into existing churches and teaching correct doctrine boldly, until they either embraced you or a sufficient number rejected you, at which point you would divide the church, taking those who…