| Today's Bible Verse |
| "And almost all things are by
the law purged with blood; and without shedding of
blood is no remission."
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Hebrews 9:22 King James
Version (KJV)
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| Today's Bible Study |
While on vacation in Florida,
my husband and I watched big fishing boats come in
with their day’s catches. The mass of fish being
unloaded was staggering.
We walked around the pier and came to a white
building with big windows along the front. These
windows allowed us to view what was happening
inside.
We watched as big fish were slapped unceremoniously
onto a tabletop. There, workers quickly severed the
fishes’ heads with sharp knives, cut a long slit
across the bottom of each fish and scraped out the
insides. I was repulsed by all the blood I saw.
Blood is vital to animal life, but the work it does
is unseen. When we see blood, we know something is
not right. The sight of it scares us because it is
unnatural.
Chapter 17 of the book of Leviticus tells us the
life of the flesh is in the blood. In their
sacrifices, Jews offered back to God part of what
He had given them. Sometimes they made grain
offerings, but often God demanded the sacrifice of
animals. Blood flowed freely from the altar of the
temple.
Year after year sacrifices of bulls, sheep and
goats were offered for the sins of the people.
These sacrifices made possible a relationship
between God and the Jews.
The shedding of Jesus’ blood while he was on the
cross was the final blood sacrifice God required.
The lifeblood of Jesus has the power to cleanse us
from all sin.
Hebrews 10:14 reads: For by one offering he hath
perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Hallelujah!
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| Today's Prayer |
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| Lord, please accept my feeble attempt to thank
you for the final blood sacrifice you required: that of Your Son,
Jesus. I rejoice that He is my Savior. Amen.
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| Yesterday's Bible
Verse |
| "But speaking the truth in
love, may grow up into him in all things, which
is the head, even Christ."
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Ephesians 4:15 King
James Version (KJV)
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| Yesterday's Bible
Study |
When I was a little girl,
I loved spending time with my grandpa. He took
me fishing with him and helped me learn to
whittle. He had the happiest laugh I ever
heard.
One day Grandpa came to our house to install
new ceiling tiles in our living room. I sat on
the floor and watched. Grandpa staggered the
arrangement of the tiles. He began the first
row with a whole tile, and then he began with a
half tile on the second row.
He repeated this pattern as he covered more and
more of the ceiling. Then, I noticed Grandpa
had made a mistake. He had begun two
consecutive rows with a whole tile.
I wanted to tell him the pattern was messed up,
but the words would not come. Surely Grandpa
would notice quickly, I thought. But he did not
see his mistake until he had hung several more
tiles. I cringed as he removed those tiles and
corrected the error.
It is not easy to tell people they are wrong.
No one would blame a little girl for not
correcting her grandfather, but adults should
have more courage.
At times we feel the need to speak the truth
when we hear an untruth spoken. We may even
occasionally be asked to give an opinion or
advice. How do you address another Christian
who is displaying disobedient behavior?
In all those situations, we must heed the
admonition found in our verse today: Speak the
truth in love.
Never correct when your motivation is to show
your superiority. Don’t use condemnatory words
or assume a self-righteous attitude. Try to
correct in private to avoid causing
embarrassment to the one who is wrong. Correct
as you would like to be corrected.
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| Yesterday's Prayer |
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| Lord, help me show grace and humility when I need to correct. Help me speak the truth in love. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
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