Opening Scriptures before the Message

Isaiah 55:11 (July 18) NIV Daily 365 so is my word that goes out from my mouth; it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (December 19) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,

so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Fulfillment of Prophecy

2 Peter 1:19-21 (December 22) We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Above all, you must understand that no prophesy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things.

For prophesy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

How to hear and understand the Gospel

The Lord

God's Turn to Question

Job 38:1-3 (September 17) Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm. He said;

"Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge?

Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

More Questions

Job 40:6-7 (September 17) Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm;

"Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.

Job's Repentance

Job 42:4-7 (September 17) "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.'

My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.

Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."

Job's Friends Rebuked

After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.

Gospel Produces Faith

Romans 10:14-17 (December 8) How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?

And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written; "How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!"

But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our message?"

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ.

Acts 26:17-18 (December 12) I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Romans 15:4-7 (December 9) For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had,

so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Call for Mutual Acceptance

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.