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Draw Near: Week 1, Tuesday

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Today’s Scripture – Job 12:7-10; John 1:1-3 (SOAP: John 1:1-3)

Job 12:7-10

 “Just ask the animals, and they will teach you.
    Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
8 Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you.
    Let the fish in the sea speak to you.
9 For they all know
    that my disaster[a] has come from the hand of the Lord.
10 For the life of every living thing is in his hand,
    and the breath of every human being.

In the beginning the Word already existed.
    The Word was with God,
    and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.
3 God created everything through Him,
    and nothing was created except through Him.

John 1:1-3 Christ, the Eternal Word
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After Thoughts: John 3:9-21

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Today’s Reading

I’ve recently started using the NET (New English Translation) Bible and was fascinated with the rendering of verse 16. “For this is the way God loved the world:” This is a demonstrative statement that demonstrates God’s expressed love. A love so deep and wide that He held nothing back. We were all sinners (Romans 3:23) condemned (Romans 6:23) unclean but God’s love triumphed over sin and death and brought not just life but eternal life to all who would believe (Acts 16:31). The action of “giving His one and only Son” for the salvation of all who would believe showed an unimaginable love not just for the collective world but for each individual, no matter their race or station in life – Jew or Gentile, uncivilized, slave or free. The demonstration wasn’t just for show or done without thought – He planned and carried out each detail. So, He didn’t just give His Son, He gave Him with the knowledge that He would be crucified on a cross of shame for the sins of the world, more pointedly for your sins and mine. Simply stated, belief would equal salvation and salvation would equal eternal life and not because of anything we had done or could do – but simply and yet profoundly because HE SO LOVED THE WORLD! 💜

My encouragement for today – Let this knowledge move you to worship Father and Son for their deep and matchless love. Let it move you to live and love like Jesus. Finally, let it move you to share this message with at least one other person (friend, family member, neighbor…) today. Who knows, maybe they will share it with their friends and on and on until the whole world knows of God’s amazing love.

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Weekend Reflection (3)

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Be sure to check back here tomorrow for our weekly video discussion.

  1. How does perfect love drive out fear? (see Monday, 1 John 4:12-19)
  2. Why are obedience and love so closely related when it comes to walking with God? (Tuesday, 1 John 4:20-5:4)
  3. How do we know if we are praying according to God’s will? Does He hear us if we do not pray according to His will? (Thursday, 1 John 5:13-21; for reasons God doesn’t “hear us” check out https://www.gotquestions.org/does-God-hear-my-prayers.html)
  4. How does God want us to approach Him when we pray? (Thursday, 1 John 5:13-21, see also Heb. 4:15-16)
  5. Does it bring God joy when we are walking in the truth and obeying His commands? How is this different than earning our salvation by works?

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Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17