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Today’s Devotional: God Always Provides - The Gospel.com Blog
In the following devotional from Back to the Bible, Woodrow Kroll writes about how God provides for humanity. When the Israelites were wandering in the desert, God gave them manna to save them from physical death. Likewise, God sent us Jesus to save us from condemnation:
This manna is a type of Christ, foreshadowing God’s provision for mankind centuries later. Our Lord said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” John 6:47-51).
The similarities between the Old Testament type, the manna, and the New Testament fulfillment, Jesus Christ, are striking. The pure-white manna descended noiselessly in the night without fanfare. The Christ child was born on a silent night without fanfare. The heavenly manna was to be gathered early each morning. Nine verses of this chapter refer to the morning. We are to seek the Lord Jesus not only early in the day (Psalm 63:1), but early in life as well (Ecclesiastes 12:1).
The manna was clearly a gift from God. Israel did not earn this bread; in fact, this murmuring lot didn’t even deserve it. God’s salvation is never earned or deserved. “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). Manna was God’s gift of life to the Israelites. Jesus Christ is God’s gift of life to all mankind. Without God’s gift of manna, the undeserving Israelites would have died. But without God’s gift of Jesus Christ, the bread of life, all the world would be condemned to death.
Read the rest of the devotional at Back to the Bible.
How has God provided for you recently?
http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/11/todays-devotional-god-always-provides/
Jesus’ voice: as clear today as it was 2000 years ago
Does God really still speak to us today in the twentieth century? That’s the question addressed this devotional, from Woodrow Kroll’s Early in the Morning devotional series. Kroll describes what it must have been like to hear Jesus’ teaching in person—and explains why we can hear his voice just as clearly today.
http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/13/jesus-voice-as-clear-today-as-it-was-2000-y...
Revisiting the saving message of Jesus Christ
In this devotional, we're challenged to rethink the simple message of the Gospel.
http://gospel.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/10/revisiting-the-saving-message-of-jesus-christ/
"Save" in the Bible: John 3:17
Despite the persistence of humans in sinning against God, He didn't send his son to judge us. Jesus came to the world to save us from our sins, in defiance of all human reason.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%203:17&version=NIV
Estonian A Temple Leader Visits Jesus
Estonian: Jesus drives the moneychangers out of the Temple which is a house of prayer. Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born again. Nicodemus asks how an old man can be born a second time. Jesus says that the spirit must be born from above. This happens when a person believes in Jesus.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/estonian/A%20Temple%20Leader%20Visits%20Jesus%20Estoni...
Intercession in the Bible: Hebrews 7:25
This verse points at the way in which Christ works out our salvation: he intercedes on our behalf with God, reconciling us with God so that we can enjoy a restored relationship with Him.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%207:25&version=NIV
"Vine" in the Bible: John 15:5
Just as a branch separated from its supporting vine cannot live, let alone produce any fruit, so we are helpless when were not connected to Jesus, the source of our hope and salvation.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2015:5&version=NIV
Jesus temple in the Bible - a Christian perspective
When Jesus entered Jerusalem one of the things he did was go into the temple and throw out the moneychangers and those who were using it as a marketplace.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2021:12-13&version=NIV
Jesus as king - a Christian perspective
Jesus had to fight against the people's will to make him king. In this passage the people call him a prophet and Jesus was wary that they were going to try to instate him as King by force.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%206:14-15&version=NIV
"Cup" in the Bible: Matthew 26:39
In the hours before his trial, Jesus prays to God to life his "cup"--that is, the suffering that have been laid out for him. Jesus does not hesitate to ask God to spare him from suffering, but he is willing to accept God's will regardless.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:39&version=NIV