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Bible Memory collection
Scripture never separates the forgiveness we receive from the forgiveness we give. Memorise both halves or the first will grow cold. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to…
Bible Memory verse
If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Forgiveness rests on God's character, not on the intensity of your sorrow. He is faithful, so confession is safe. Psalms 32:5 Proverbs 28:13 Psalms 51:1-2 Faithful God, I bring this sin…
Bible Memory verse
He carried our sins in his body on the tree so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. It ties forgiveness to holiness. The cross does not only clear the record, it breaks the reign of sin in a life. Romans 6:11 Isaiah 53:6 Titus 2:14 Lord, you bore my sin so I could be finished with…
Bible Memory verse
Christ suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God. The purpose of the cross is access. It answers what the cross was for. Not only pardon, but nearness to God, and it was finished once for all. Hebrews 10:10 Romans 5:2 Ephesians 2:13 Father, you brought me to…
Bible Memory verse
The sinless Christ was made sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God in him. Two things change places. It explains how God can forgive without pretending sin does not matter. Our record went to Christ, his standing came to us. Isaiah 53:11 Philippians 3:9 Romans 5:19 Lord Jesus,…
Bible Memory verse
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as God forgave you in Christ. It sets the measure of Christian forgiveness. Not what the offender deserves, but what you have already received. Colossians 3:13 Matthew 18:21-22 Luke 6:36 Lord, you forgave me at cost to yourself.…
Bible Memory verse
The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared, and that same grace teaches us to say no to ungodliness and live self controlled, upright lives. Grace is a teacher, not only a pardon. This verse ends the false choice between free forgiveness and holy living. Romans 6:1-2 1 Peter 1:14-16…
Chapter study
Read Genesis 4:1-16 slowly before reading anything below. The chapter is short, and most of what this study points out is visible in the text itself. Hold three things apart as you read: what Scripture states, what it…
52 Week Journey
Forgiveness is one of the most repeated words in the New Testament and one of the least practiced. Scripture is not vague about it. It defines what forgiveness is, grounds it in what God has already done, and refuses…
Devotional
Matthew 18:32-33 "Then his lord called him in, and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt, because you begged me. Shouldn't you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on…
Devotional
Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. WEB The psalmist chooses east and west rather than north and south deliberately. North and south meet at poles; east…
Devotional
Luke 23:34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots. WEB This prayer is spoken while the crucifixion is happening, not after it, and…
Devotional
Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. WEB The verse has a comparison built into its grammar: forgiving each other, just as. Paul does…
Devotional
Matthew 18:22 Jesus said to him, "I don't tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven." WEB Peter's offer of seven times already sounded generous by the standard of his day; rabbinic teaching of the…
Devotional
Psalm 51:1 Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions. WEB This psalm is attributed, in its heading, to David after Nathan…
Devotional
Genesis 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as it is this day. WEB Joseph does not deny what his brothers did. He names it directly: you meant evil against…
Devotional
Matthew 5:44-45 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in…
Devotional
Psalm 86:5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. WEB David does not ask whether God will forgive as though it were uncertain. He states it as a settled…
Devotional
Romans 5:10 For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life. WEB Paul's word is enemies, not merely distant or indifferent…
Devotional
Matthew 18:24 When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. WEB A talent was already the largest unit of money in the ancient world, worth many years' wages. Ten thousand of…
Devotional
Jeremiah 31:33 "But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days," says Yahweh: "I will put my law in their inward parts, and I will write it in their heart. I will be their God, and…
Devotional
1 Corinthians 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks. WEB Paul is candid about how the cross sounded to its first hearers: an offense to Jewish expectations of a…
Devotional
Mark 2:9-10 Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven;’ or to say, ‘Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?’ But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he…
Reading plan day
This chapter warns plainly about the appeal of sexual sin and the bitterness that follows it, using the image of honey that turns to gall. It is a call to fidelity that takes desire seriously rather than pretending it…
Biblical concept
This is the title Jesus uses of himself more than any other. In Ezekiel the phrase simply means a human being, but in Daniel 7 one like a son of man comes with the clouds and receives an everlasting kingdom from the…
Biblical concept
The cross was a Roman method of execution, and it is the place where Jesus died. The Gospels describe the event in careful historical detail: the charge, the soldiers, the nails, the hours, the words he spoke. The New…
Biblical concept
In John 10 Jesus says he is the good shepherd, and gives one mark of it: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He also says he knows his own and they know him, and that no one takes them out of his hand.…
Biblical concept
The incarnation is the entry of the eternal Son of God into human life as a real human being. John 1:14 states it in a single sentence: the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory. Philippians 2:6…
Christian Living
Colossians 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do. WEB colossians 3 The measure is not what the offender deserves but…
Christian Living
2 Corinthians 12:9 He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. WEB…
Christian Living
1 John 1:8-9 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. WEB…
Bible question
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. WEB Let God answer this before anyone comforts you or frightens you about it. 1 John…
Bible question
Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. WEB God speaks about forgiveness before we explain it, and his words set a standard no…
Bible question
Romans 6:12-14 Therefore don’t let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts. Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God, as…
Bible question
Matthew 6:9 Pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. WEB This is one of the few questions the disciples asked out loud, and Jesus answered it directly. Read his answer before any advice about…
Bible question
John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” WEB Read three passages before any argument. One is a claim Jesus made, one is what his hearers understood by it, one is what a disciple said to his face. John 8:58…
Bible question
Ephesians 2:8-9 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, that no one would boast. WEB Grace should be heard from God before it is defined by…
Bible question
Acts 3:19 “Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, WEB Three passages define repentance from three sides: the…
Bible question
1 John 3:4 Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness. WEB Rather than starting with a list of behaviours, Scripture gives definitions. Three passages define sin from three angles. 1 John 3:4-6…
Bible question
1 Corinthians 15:3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, WEB The gospel is a message God delivered, so read his wording before ours.…
Bible question
Acts 16:30-31 and brought them out and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." WEB The question in the title of this study…
Bible question
Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. WEB God explained the cross before it…
The Sunday Study
Verse-by-verse teaching with historical context, and a prayer to close. Nothing else in the email.