Lk4:16-19 – When he came to Nazareth, where he had been raised, he went into the synagogue, as he always did on the Sabbath day. When Jesus came to the front to read the Scriptures, they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and read where it is written, “The …
Luke 4:17 – The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; One of the great blessings of the Year of Jubilee was the blessing it brought to the poor. Every fifty years all debts were canceled and the family inheritance was restored. Think …
2 Cor.8:9 – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. The birth of Christ gives us a glimpse to the depths of God’s plan of redemption. All of us were born …
Eph.1:18 – By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), Heaven is impossible to grasp by the human mind. It just does not make rational …
Eph.1:13,14 – Amp. – In Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned and protected [by God]. The Spirit is the guarantee [the …
Ps.73:17 – Until I entered the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end. Have you ever been bothered when the obviously belligerent and sinful people of this generation apparently get away with their antics? It can be quite unnerving when you think justice has been pushed aside and the wicked are still fat and …
Heb.1:1,2 – God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom He also made the world. Inheritances really depend on only one thing, what was …
Ps.16:2 – I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;I have nothing good besides You.” What is it that gets you up in the morning and gets you started on your day? In other words, why do you do what you do? Maybe you never allow yourself to ask these kinds of questions, but …
Ps.16:5 – The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;You support my lot. Have your ever thought about receiving some kind of unexpected inheritance? Come on now, surely you have imagined a long lost uncle who has left everything to you. Stories like that are the stories of fairy tales, you know, …
Lk.15:22-24 – Turning to his servants, the father said, ‘Quick, bring me the best robe, my very own robe, and I will place it on his shoulders. Bring the ring, the seal of sonship, and I will put it on his finger. And bring out the best shoes you can find for my son. Let’s …
