INTRODUCTION - Jason DeRouchie...INTRODUCTION TO THE ESV MEN’S DEVOTIONAL BIBLE The author of the epistle to the Hebrews reminds us that “it is good for the heart to be strengthened

IN TRODUCTIONTO THE ESV MEN’S DEVOTIONAL BIBLE

The author of the epistle to the Hebrews reminds us that “it is good for the

heart to be strengthened by grace” (13:9). The ESV Men’s Devotional Bible is

uniquely designed for men to achieve that very goal.

This resource does more than inform the mind. Its aim is to equip and

encourage men who long to experience spiritual and moral transformation in

the depths of their heart. More than 50 men who serve as pastors, professors,

and Christian leaders have contributed 365 daily devotional studies and a

wide array of articles on biblical themes of practical importance to the lives of

men today.

Perhaps never before in the history of the church have men faced the

intensity of temptation and relentless assault from the world, the flesh, and

the Devil that we are witnessing in our day. The essence of biblical masculin-

ity is being undermined as we are repeatedly told that a “real man” must be

wealthy, influential, autonomous, self-made, sexually liberated, and self-reliant.

The result is that marriages are being destroyed, families are in crisis, and

countless men are increasingly losing their sense of identity in Jesus Christ.

The ESV Men’s Devotional Bible speaks pointedly to men who long for lives

of integrity, self-sacrifice, love, and passionate devotion to their families and,

above all, to the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our goal is to strengthen and transform the hearts of men through the

power of the Spirit-inspired Word of God. Based on the acclaimed English

Standard Version of the Bible, the ESV Men’s Devotional Bible provides daily

insights into Scripture that not only enlighten the mind but especially feed,

nurture, and empower the hearts of men to enjoy all that God is for them in

Jesus Christ. Each daily devotional study has been freshly created for this

project, and each is tied to a particular biblical passage that speaks to the

most pressing needs and concerns that men face today. The contributors

are themselves men who understand the unique challenges we encounter

in today’s world, and they have written with an eye to the application of

Scripture to our most practical needs. Their insights are theologically rich,

honest, vulnerable, penetrating, and always gospel-centered.

The devotionals included in the ESV Men’s Devotional Bible are not

arranged topically or thematically, but rather are tethered closely to the text

on which each is based. Every book of the Bible contains at least one devo-

tional, connected with the passages that most clearly capture key themes of

that book. If the 365 devotionals are read consecutively throughout the year,

along with the passages on which they are based, beginning in Genesis and

ending in Revelation, the reader will have gained by the end of the year an

extensive overview of Scripture and the history of salvation.

The devotionals are therefore not explicitly tied to specific dates on the

calendar. This is deliberate, and is meant to free the reader to use the devo-

tionals in a variety of ways. Whether read sequentially, occasionally, or as a

supplement to the study of a particular book, the devotionals are designed

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to enhance your study of God’s Word by reflecting deeply on the biblical text

and its meaning for us today. If you would like to see the listing of devotion-

als at a glance, we have provided a Canonical Index of Devotionals on pages

1586–1596 in the back of this Bible.

In addition to the daily devotional readings, we have provided brief intro-

ductions to each book of the Bible that will orient the reader to what God is

saying to us through that particular portion of his Word. We have especially

focused in these introductions on the way any given book of the Bible speaks

to a man’s heart.

Finally, 14 special articles (pages 1529–1570) address issues of greatest inter-

est to men and provide spiritually rich, biblically rooted, heart-strengthening

guidance to enable the believer to more faithfully love his wife, his children, the

church, and our Lord.

May the Lord’s grace strengthen and encourage you as you immerse your-

self in his life-changing Word.

Sam Storms

General Editor

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CON TR I BU TOR S

Sam Storms, General Editor

CROSSWAY EDITORIAL TEAM

DEVOTIONAL CONTRIBUTORS

OLD TESTAMENT BOOK INTRODUCTIONS

Drew HunterTeaching Pastor, Zionsville Fellowship, Zionsville, Indiana

GENESIS

R. Kent HughesSenior Pastor Emeritus, College Church in Wheaton, Illinois; Visiting Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Theological Seminary

EXODUS

Philip RykenPresident, Wheaton College

LEVITICUS

Jay SklarProfessor of Old Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary

Aaron J. GoldsteinPhD student in Biblical studies, Concordia Seminary

NUMBERS

R. Fowler WhiteSenior Pastor, Valley Presbyterian Church, Lutherville, Maryland

DEUTERONOMY

Jason S. DeRouchieAssociate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology, Bethlehem College and Seminary

JOSHUA

Sam StormsLead Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City

JUDGES

Miles V. Van PeltAlan Belcher Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages; Director, Summer Institute for Biblical Languages; Academic Dean, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson

RUTH

Paul E. MillerExecutive Director, seeJesus

1 AND 2 SAMUEL

Ryan KellyPastor for Preaching, Desert Springs Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico

1 AND 2 KINGS

Graeme GoldsworthyFormer lecturer in Old Testament, Biblical Theology, and Hermeneutics, Moore Theological College, Sydney, Australia

1 AND 2 CHRONICLES

Gary MillarPrincipal, Queensland Theological College, Brisbane, Australia

EZRA AND NEHEMIAH

Colin SmithSenior Pastor, The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, Arlington Heights and Barrington, Illinois; Bible teacher, Unlocking the Bible

ESTHER

Alistair BeggSenior Minister, Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio

Erika AllenEditor, Bibles

Bill DeckardSenior Editor

Dane C. OrtlundSenior Vice President, Bible Publishing

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JOB

Christopher Ashpastor, author; former Director, Proclamation Trust’s Cornhill Training Course, proctrust.org.uk

PSALMS

Douglas Sean O’Donnellauthor; Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Practical Theology, Queensland Theological College, Brisbane, Australia

Mike BullmoreSenior Pastor, CrossWay Community Church, Bristol, Wisconsin

PROVERBS

Dave Kraftauthor, life/leadership coach

ECCLESIASTES AND SONG OF SOLOMON

Zack Eswinepastor, Riverside Church, Webster Groves, Missouri

ISAIAH

Dane C. OrtlundSenior Vice President, Bible Publishing, Crossway

JEREMIAH AND LAMENTATIONS

Paul R. HouseProfessor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School of Samford University

EZEKIEL

Greg GilbertSenior Pastor, Third Avenue Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky

DANIEL

Bryan ChapellPastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois; President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary

HOSEA AND JOEL

Stephen T. UmSenior Pastor, Citylife Presbyterian Church, Boston

AMOS AND OBADIAH

Julius J. KimDean of Students, Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Westminster Seminary California

JONAH

Sam StormsLead Pastor for Preaching and Vision, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City

MICAH, NAHUM, AND HABAKKUK

Joe Thornauthor, Lead Pastor, Redeemer Fellowship, St. Charles, Illinois

ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, AND MALACHI

Michael Lumpkinpastor, teacher, Fort Worth, Texas

NEW TESTAMENT BOOK INTRODUCTIONS

Erik Thoennes Professor of Theology; Chair, Undergraduate Theology, Biola University/Talbot School of Theology; Pastor, Grace Evangelical Free Church, La Mirada, California

MATTHEW

Dan DorianiProfessor and Vice President, Covenant Theological Seminary

MARK

Scotty Ward SmithFounding Pastor, Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee; Teacher in Residence, West End Community Church, Nashville

LUKE

Jared C. WilsonDirector of Content Strategy, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Managing Editor, For The Church; author

JOHN

Jon BloomPresident, Desiring God; author, Not by Sight and Things Not Seen

ACTS

Justin S. HolcombCanon for Vocations, Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida

Brian J. TabbAssociate Dean for Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies, Bethlehem College and Seminary; Managing Editor, Themelios

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ROMANS

Robert L. PlummerChairman, New Testament Department; Professor of New Testament Interpretation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

1 CORINTHIANS

Kevin CawleyPastor, Redeemer Fellowship, Kansas City, Missouri

2 CORINTHIANS

Jason C. MeyerPastor for Preaching and Vision, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis

GALATIANS

Michael ReevesPresident, Union, Wales Evangelical School of Theology; author, Delighting in the Trinity and Rejoicing in Christ

EPHESIANS

Erik ThoennesProfessor of Theology; Chair, Undergraduate Theology, Biola University/Talbot School of Theology; Pastor, Grace Evangelical Free Church, La Mirada, California

PHILIPPIANS

Andrew M. DavisSenior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Durham, North Carolina

COLOSSIANS

Sam Crabtreeteacher, pastor; board chairman, Bethlehem College and Seminary

1 AND 2 THESSALONIANS

J. J. SeidPastor of Community and Discipleship, Bridgeway Church, Oklahoma City

1 AND 2 TIMOTHY

Todd WilsonSenior Pastor, Calvary Memorial Church, Oak Park, Illinois

TITUS

John D. HannahDistinguished Professor of Historical Theology, Research Professor of Theological Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary

PHILEMON

Sam Crabtreeteacher, pastor; board chairman, Bethlehem College and Seminary

HEBREWS

Tom NelsonSenior Pastor, Christ Community Church, Kansas City, Kansas

JAMES


1 AND 2 PETER

Andrew David NaselliAssistant Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology, Bethlehem College and Seminary

1, 2, AND 3 JOHN

Robert W. YarbroughProfessor of New Testament, Covenant Theological Seminary

JUDE

Andrew David NaselliAssistant Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology, Bethlehem College and Seminary

REVELATION

James M. Hamilton Jr.Professor of Biblical Theology, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Pastor, Kenwood Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky

ARTICLE CONTRIBUTORS

THE MESSAGE OF THE BIBLE

Bryan ChapellPastor, Grace Presbyterian Church, Peoria, Illinois; President Emeritus, Covenant Theological Seminary

A MAN’S IDENTITY

David PowlisonExecutive Director, Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation; Senior Editor, Journal of Biblical Counseling

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COMMUNION WITH GOD

Kelly M. KapicProfessor of Theological Studies, Covenant College

THE GOSPEL AND DAILY LIFE

Jared C. WilsonDirector of Content Strategy, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Managing Editor, For The Church; author

A MAN’S INNER LIFE

Thabiti M. AnyabwilePastor, Anacostia River Church, Washington, DC

LIFE IN THE LOCAL CHURCH


CALLING

Dave HarveyPastor of Preaching, Four Oaks Community Church, Tallahassee, Florida; Executive Director, Sojourn Network; Founder, AmICalled.com; author

A MAN’S WORK

Tom NelsonSenior Pastor, Christ Community Church, Kansas City, Kansas

SINGLENESS

Drew HunterTeaching Pastor, Zionsville Fellowship, Zionsville, Indiana

MARRIAGE

Tim SavageSenior Pastor, Camelback Bible Church, Paradise Valley, Arizona

FATHERING

Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.Lead Pastor, Immanuel Church, Nashville

LEADERSHIP

Dave Kraftauthor, life/leadership coach

PORNOGRAPHY

Ed T. WelchCounselor, faculty member, Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation

DOUBT

C. Michael PattonPresident and instructor, Credo House Ministries

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JASON S. DEROUCHIE Next devotional reading: page 197

ike the idols they would

worship (Deut. 4:28),

the majority of Moses’

listeners had eyes that

didn’t see and ears that didn’t hear. They

were ignorant of God’s greatness, blind

to his glory, and deaf to his word (29:4;

cf. Ps. 115:4–8). Their rebellion and unbe-

lief had led to four decades of discipline

in the wilderness (Deut. 1:26, 32, 35), and

even most of those from the new gen-

eration were stubborn, unbelieving, and

rebellious (9:6–7, 23–24). Their obsti-

nacy would lead to enactment of the

covenant curses, climaxing in exile from

the Promised Land (4:25–28; cf. 30:1;

31:16–17, 27–29).

How amazing, therefore, is Moses’

promise of new covenant redemption

(4:29–31; cf. parallel promises in 30:1–10).

After experiencing curse in the latter

days, the people would seek the Lord

and actually find him (4:29). They would

return to God and obey his voice (v. 30).

Verse 31 declares the reason why: “For the

LORD your God is a merciful God.” Mercy

stands at the forefront of Yahweh’s char-

acter (Ex. 34:6). It identifies God’s deep

compassion for his people and often

expresses the withholding of a judgment

that they deserve. Without mercy, there

would be no new covenant—no victory,

no hope, no life. But mercy has come,

and Moses stresses in Deuteronomy 4:31

that this new covenant mercy means that

God’s presence as provider and protec-

tor is now sure (“He will not leave you”),

that his wrath is now appeased (“[He will

not] destroy you”), and that both Jews

and Gentiles can rejoice in salvation. God

has remembered “the covenant with

your fathers” that through Abraham all

the world would be blessed (i.e., justified;

Gen. 12:2–3; 22:18; cf. Gal. 3:8, 14).

Like Israel of old, we begin our lives

with a sensory disability: we are spiritu-

ally ignorant, blind, and deaf. We need

God to overcome our illness. If you

have sought the Lord and found him

(Deut. 4:29), then marvel at his mercy. If,

“according to his great mercy,” God has

caused you “to be born again to a living

hope” (1 Pet. 1:3), then make much of his

mercy. If you find yourself today worship-

ing something worthless, then plead for

more mercy, and by these same mercies

present your body “as a living sacrifice,

holy and acceptable to God” (Rom. 12:1).

The decisive cause of all new covenant

relationship is blood-bought mercy.

Stand in awe today of the mercy-filled

gifts of justification (Rom. 3:24), sancti-

fication (Rom. 6:17, 22), and eternal life

(Rom. 6:23). “The Father of mercies and

the God of all comfort” has entered into

our world in Christ (2 Cor. 1:3). May we

marvel at mercy—such free, undeserved,

yet costly love.

MARVELING AT MERCYDEUTERONOMY 4:29–31

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ave you ever heard a

child ask, “Why do I

have to obey?” Moses

expects that parents

who love and obey God (Deut. 6:4–6)

and are calling their children to do so as

well (v. 7) will get this kind of question

(v. 20). In these verses, he shows us how

to reply.

First, we should recall the context of obedience (vv. 21–23). Specifically, we

should (1) stress our desperate situation

apart from God; (2) highlight God’s sav-

ing activity that freed us; and (3) empha-

size that God is faithful to the end.

We see the first two steps in the

statement, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves

in Egypt. And the LORD brought us out”

(v. 21). God delivered Israel from bond-

age through the exodus. They were

slaves; God was the Savior. Following

God is a response to past grace, and

heeding God’s rules is about freedom,

not slavery. The same is true in a deeper

way in the new covenant, as Jesus our

Savior frees us from slavery to sin and

God’s wrath through the cross.

Next, “He brought us out from [Egypt],

that he might . . . give us the land” (v. 23).

While many Israelites, by their unfaithful-

ness, forfeited the opportunity to enter

the Promised Land (2:14–15), God him-

self is always faithful both to bless and

to curse. With God is life and victory;

apart from him is death. In Christ, all who

believe find real rest now (Matt. 11:28)

and have the sure hope of complete rest

in eternity (Heb. 4:1–13). This fact should

motivate our loyalty.

Second, we should recall the bene-fits of obedience (Deut. 6:24). Moses

motivates obedience by emphasizing

the blessings that it brings: “The LORD

commanded us to do all these statutes,

to fear the LORD our God, for our good

always, that he might preserve us alive,

as we are this day” (v. 24). Like the cir-

cle of blessing that surrounds a child

who obeys and honors her parents

(Eph. 6:1–3), there is a deep connection

between heeding God’s word and enjoy-

ing life: “Man does not live by bread

alone, but . . . by every word that comes

from the mouth of the LORD” (Deut. 8:3;

cf. Matt. 4:4; Deut. 32:47).

Jesus’ perfect obedience secures our

pardon, purchases God’s promises, and

provides the power to enjoy life (Rom.

8:1–4, 13; 2 Cor. 1:20). When your children

ask you the point of following God, point

them to God’s past grace and faithful-

ness and remind them of the blessings

enjoyed by all who say no to sin and yes

to God.

WHY MUST I OBEY?DEUTERONOMY 6:20–25


he Lord called Israel

to “devote . . . to complete

destruction” the nations inhab-

iting the Promised Land (Deut.

7:1–2; cf. 20:17). These pagans and their

wares would easily become snares to

Israel, turning them from God and mak-

ing them his enemy (7:4, 26; cf. 8:19–20;

20:18). Failure to overcome obstacles

to God-centered living is a serious and

dangerous offense against the Lord, who

deserves all our love (6:5).

In this passage, the new generation

of Israelites is facing the same “greater

and taller” people who had terrorized

their parents (1:28), and Moses antici-

pates that some in his audience will fear

defeat (7:17). Moses calls for a fearless

attack (v. 18a) and clarifies the nature

and reason for boldness. First, a valiant assault starts by recalling God’s past grace and its resulting future prom-ises (vv. 18–20). For Israel, this meant

remembering (1) how Yahweh saved

them by defeating the greatest earthly

power (vv. 18b–19a) and (2) that he who

freed them from both shackles and flood

in Egypt would certainly secure victory

for them over lesser foes (vv. 19b–20).

The old covenant pattern of redemption

and provision finds its climax in Christ,

in whom every promise is now “Yes” for

Christians (2 Cor. 1:20): “He who did not

spare his own Son but gave him up for

us all, how will he not also with him gra-

ciously give us all things?” (Rom. 8:32).

Second, we gain confidence in battle from knowing that our God, who is with and for us, is both able and willing to fight victoriously (Deut. 7:21–24). Israel’s

present help was “a great and awesome

God” (v. 21b), and he would “clear away

these nations” (v. 22a). While victory

would not come immediately (v. 22), it

would be complete, for Yahweh would

fight for them (vv. 23–24). Like Israel,

Christians must believe that the great

and awesome God exists and that he

rewards all who earnestly seek him (Heb.

11:6). Faith in God fuels courage.

Christians stand in a different redemp-

tive period than Moses. Physical wars are

not part of the church’s mission. This is

because Christ’s kingdom is not yet of

this world (John 18:36), and it expands

spiritually through suffering, not by a

sword (Mark 10:45; Col. 1:24), and by

preaching, not by a pistol (Matt. 28:19–

20; Acts 1:1–8). Nevertheless, Christians

are engaged in a spiritual battle against

the same enemy forces that derailed

both the Canaanites and the Israelites

(2 Cor. 10:3–6; Eph. 6:10–12; 1 Pet. 5:6–11),

and we move ahead confident that Christ

is greater and has already triumphed

(1 John 4:4; Col. 2:15). Faith in God’s faith-

fulness helps defeat our fears (1 Thess.

5:23–24).

DEFEATING FEARDEUTERONOMY 7:17–26



e can be slow learn-

ers. After decades of

discipline, Israel should

have known that God takes

sin and his glory seriously and that

they should too. Yahweh’s “consuming

fire,” which either incinerates sinners or

ignites holiness (see Lev. 9:23–10:3), was

about to destroy the “wicked” nations

of Canaan (Deut. 9:3–5). Nevertheless,

Israel was ignoring the gravity of the

moment, for the same “wickedness” that

had been apparent in them 40 years pre-

viously remained unchanged. The lack of

God-dependence evident at Mount Sinai

(vv. 12–21) and in the initial journey to

Kadesh (vv. 22–23) continued, for they

were still “stubborn” (v. 6) and “rebel-

lious against the LORD” (vv. 7, 24).

This obstinacy revealed the people’s

unrighteousness: “Know, therefore, that

the LORD your God is not giving you

this good land to possess because of

your righteousness, for you are a stub-

born people” (9:6). Righteousness is

about keeping everything in its right

order, which means putting God above

everything else. Fearing, following, lov-

ing, and serving the Lord (10:12–13)

would have proven Israel’s righteousness

(6:25; cf. 24:13), but their failure to do so

revealed a heart problem requiring sur-

gery: “Circumcise therefore the foreskin

of your heart, and be no longer stub-

born” (10:16).

The internal nature of stubbornness

and ignorance makes it impossible for

us to perform the necessary operation

on our own hearts. So without the divine

Surgeon mercifully healing (29:4), Israel’s

fate would be the same as that of their

pagan enemies (see 31:27–29).

Amazingly, God promised that, on the

other side of judgment, he would accom-

plish for his people what they could not

do on their own. He would remove their

callousness, empower their love, and

bring them new life: “When all these

things come upon you, the blessing and

the curse, . . . the LORD your God will cir-

cumcise your heart and the heart of your

offspring, so that you will love the LORD

your God with all your heart and with

all your soul, that you may live” (30:1, 6;

cf. 4:30–31). Moses had equated Israel’s

stubbornness with ignorance, unrigh-

teousness, and uncircumcised hearts

(9:3, 6; 10:16); now, he says, with God’s

new covenant heart surgery, they will

enjoy knowledge, righteousness, and

healing.

Let us rejoice today, for the great

Healer of all spiritual disability has come

in the person of Jesus. By his Spirit, he

circumcises our hearts (Rom. 2:29; Col.

2:11), helps us to know him (John 17:3;

Heb. 8:11), declares us righteous (Rom.

5:19; Phil. 3:9), and empowers us to live

righteously (Rom. 8:4; 1 John 3:7). “Let

us offer to God acceptable worship, with

reverence and awe, for our God is a con-

suming fire” (Heb. 12:28–29).

NO LONGER STUBBORNDEUTERONOMY 9:6



euteronomy portrays

life and blessing as

being conditional: “the

blessing, if you obey . . .

and the curse, if you do not obey” (Deut.

11:27–28; cf. ch. 28; 30:15). Moses says

that God “keeps covenant and steadfast

love with those who love him and keep

his commandments . . . and repays to

their face those who hate him” (7:9–10;

cf. 5:9–10). How should Christians think

about God’s conditional love?

First, we must distinguish God’s uncon-ditional elective love from his conditional covenant love. God sets his elective love

on certain individuals before they are

even born or do anything good or bad

(Rom. 9:11–13, 16). He also chose and set

his affection on Israel, not because of

anything about them but only because

he loved them and was remaining true

to his promises to the patriarchs (Deut.

7:7–10). In contrast, God’s conditional

covenant love assumes that a relation-

ship exists that requires sustained loyalty

in order to enjoy the covenant Father’s

kindness instead of his severity (Rom.

11:22; cf. Rom. 8:28).

Second, Jesus underscores the prior-

ity of love by describing Moses’ call to

“love the LORD” (Deut. 6:5) as “the great

and first commandment” (Matt. 22:37–

38). Jesus also stresses that those who

love him will follow him (John 14:15, 21);

and, like Moses, he emphasizes, “If you

keep my commandments, you will abide

in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s

commandments and abide in his love”

(John 15:10). As such, Jude urges, “Keep

yourselves in the love of God” (Jude 21),

while also stressing that God keeps every

individual he electively loves (Jude 1).

Third, while the nation of Israel’s hard-

heartedness doomed them to destruc-

tion (Deut. 31:27, 29), God promised

a day when he would generate in his

people the love he commanded (30:6).

This happens through Jesus, whose per-

fect obedience fulfills for us the law’s

demands (Rom. 5:18–19; Col. 2:14) and

thus secures for us every spiritual bless-

ing as we await our full inheritance (Eph.

1:3, 13–14). God justifies us in Christ (Rom.

3:24; 8:1–3) in order to give us his Spirit,

by whom we are enabled to fulfill the law

of love (Rom. 8:4; 13:8–10), putting “to

death the deeds of the body” and meet-

ing the covenant conditions for life (8:13;

cf. 6:22). While “the Lord [still] disciplines

the one he loves” (Heb. 12:6), we rest in

the certainty that every promise of bless-

ing is already “Yes” for us in Christ (2 Cor.

1:20), and we now know that nothing in

all creation “will be able to separate us

from the [covenant] love of God in Christ

Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 8:39).

LOVE GOD AND LIVEDEUTERONOMY 11:26–28



arlier in Deuteronomy,

Moses declared that

loving God (Deut. 6:4–5;

10:12) and their neighbors

(10:16–19) was what God called Israel to

do. Now in chapters 12–26 the various

“statutes and rules” clarify how they

are to do that (12:1; 26:16). The central

thrust of this unit is captured in 16:20:

“Righteousness, and only righteous-

ness, you shall follow, that you may live”

(author’s translation). Our God, who is

passionate about right order, wants his

people to display righteousness in three

spheres: righteousness in community

worship (12:1–16:17), righteousness in

community oversight (16:18–18:22), and

righteousness in daily community life

(19:1–26:15). By keeping the “statutes and

rules” with all their heart and soul (26:16),

Israel will show that they love God with

all their heart and soul (6:5).

Drawing his second sermon to an end,

Moses now details in 26:16–19 the for-

malizing of the Moab covenant between

Yahweh and Israel. Verse 17 describes the

people’s declaration, and verses 18–19

describe Yahweh’s response. The people

first assert their allegiance to Yahweh as

their God, and then they spell out the

implications of their commitment: to

follow his ways, to remain faithful to his

instruction, and to heed his voice (v. 17).

Yahweh in turn expresses his expecta-

tion that they should live as his treasured

possession and follow his commands,

and then he promises that such living will

result in their being elevated in the eyes

of the nations and set apart as a holy

people (vv. 18–19).

Four decades earlier at Mount Sinai,

Yahweh made a comparable commit-

ment (Ex. 19:4–6) and the people a simi-

lar promise: “All that the LORD has spoken

we will do” (Ex. 19:8). But while Yahweh

is “a God of faithfulness and without

iniquity” (Deut. 32:4), history had proven

Israel’s faithlessness, and it would do so

again (31:27, 29; 2 Kings 17:13–15; Rom.

11:7–8). How fickle human promises can

be, and how much we need God’s grace

in order to live out our commitment to

love and righteousness (Deut. 29:4)!

Apart from such grace, right order in cor-

porate worship, in the public square, and

in our daily lives is impossible.

We should celebrate that Christ has

secured our pardon and that his Spirit

bears the fruit of love and faithfulness

in us, helping us by faith to become who

we could not be on our own (Gal. 2:20;

5:22–23). The Lord promises that he will

complete the work that he has begun in

us (Phil. 1:6), and we can rest today, trust-

ing a faithful God who has committed

to sanctify us completely, readying us

for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ

(1 Thess. 5:23–24).

FICKLE PROMISES AND A FAITHFUL GOD

DEUTERONOMY 26:16–19



have set before you life and

death, blessing and curse.

Therefore, choose life . . . for

[God] is your life” (Deut. 30:19–

20). Moses’ logic here is breathtaking.

May the Lord help us feel and respond

appropriately to these truths.

First, spiritual life does not happen on

its own (see John 3:36; Eph. 2:1–3). We

must choose life. In the Sermon on the

Mount, Jesus notes, “For the gate is wide

and the way is easy that leads to destruc-

tion, and those who enter by it are many.

For the gate is narrow and the way is

hard that leads to life, and those who

find it are few” (Matt. 7:13–14). Impurity,

dishonesty, selfishness, arrogance, lazi-

ness, rash responses, and the like—these

characterize the natural, easy way, but

they lead to death. In contrast, purity,

honesty, service, humility, discipline, and

self-control distinguish the more difficult

way that leads to life, and such traits are

realized only when God by his Spirit cre-

ates new desires (Gal. 5:16–17).

Second, the choices we make reveal

our deepest longings and wants. Desires

drive action, for our highest motivations

always move us one way or another.

Sin results when temporary, empty

pleasures become more desirable than

pleasing God. With this in mind, notice

how Moses does more in Deuteronomy

30:19–20 than call for a decision. He

also motivates people to choose life by

grounding his charge in the most awe-

inspiring truth: to choose life is to gain

God, “for he is your life.” “The Rock, his

work is perfect. . . . A God of faithfulness

and without iniquity, just and upright is

he” (32:4). This one who stands distinct

above all else (4:35; 33:26) and who

controls all things (4:39; 10:14)—this

one becomes ours. Supreme power and

worth wrapped in tender care . . . only for

those who choose life.

Third, Moses clearly believes that the

quest for joy, life, and blessing is itself not

sin (see Rom. 2:7). The sin comes when

we settle too quickly for fleeting, empty

pleasures instead of embracing lasting

pleasures of substance, all of which are

found only in relation to God (see 2 Pet.

1:4; 1 John 2:16–17). “You make known

to me the path of life; in your presence

there is fullness of joy; at your right

hand are pleasures forevermore” (Ps.

16:11). Paul stresses his conviction that

he will glorify Christ most when Christ

is his deepest satisfaction, both in life

and in death (Phil. 1:20–21). As such, he

declares, “Indeed, I count everything as

loss because of the surpassing worth

of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” (Phil.

3:8). I exhort you today, choose life and gain God.

GOD IS YOUR LIFEDEUTERONOMY 30:19–20


“


oses’ song in Deut-

eronomy 32:1–47 cap-

tures in poetic verse

what the rest of the

book declares: Israel had “dealt cor-

ruptly” with God (32:4–6), making

him jealous by idolatry, arousing his

anger and the promise of destruction

(vv. 21–22). Nevertheless, for the sake of

his reputation (vv. 26–27), God “will vin-

dicate his people and have compassion

on his servants, when he sees that their

power is gone” (v. 36). Yahweh said the

song itself was to stand as a lasting “wit-

ness for me against the people” (31:19).

In it Moses proclaims “the name of the

LORD” (32:3), describing Yahweh’s char-

acter as it will show itself in the people’s

history of sin, destruction, and resto-

ration (see Rev. 15:3–4).

In Deuteronomy, the Old Testament’s

most common terms for exile are remark-

ably scarce. Instead, the terms used

relate to extermination and death. For

example, God warns Israel that he will

“destroy [them] from off the face of the

earth” (6:14–15) and that they will “per-

ish” (8:19–20; 11:16–17; 30:17–18) if they

persist in idolatry. While passages like

4:29–31 and 30:1–10 underscore that a

remnant will continue to exist physically

in exile, the people as a national entity

and the old covenant they embody will

die. Anything that continues will be sub-

stantially discontinuous with the past.

After highlighting Israel’s corruption

and judgment and his own overflowing

restorative compassion, Yahweh declares

in 32:39,

See now that I, even I, am he,

and there is no god beside me;

I kill and I make alive;

I wound and I heal;

and there is none that can

deliver out of my hand.

The Lord’s use of the word “heal” after

“wound” highlights that the ordering of

elements within the pairs is significant.

God portrays his curse as death and

injury, whereas the restoration blessing

that follows is nothing less than resur-

rection and healing. Deuteronomy 32:39

marks Scripture’s first clear witness to

the new covenant as rebirth, inaugurated

by resurrection from the dead.

Because only “in [Abraham’s] off-

spring shall all the nations of the earth be

blessed” (Gen. 22:18), the world’s hopes

rested on God’s willingness to “make

alive” after Israel’s death- judgment.

Christ’s resurrection marks him as “the

beginning, the firstborn from the dead”

(Col. 1:18), “the firstfruits of those who

have fallen asleep” (1 Cor. 15:20). New

creation dawns in Jesus (2 Cor. 5:17),

and we who were “dead in our tres-

passes” are “made alive” together with

him (Eph. 2:5; cf. 1 Cor. 15:22). Thank God

for such great love. Pause and praise

the One who has overcome the curse of

death, who forgives sins, and who grants

wholeness, hope, holiness, joy, and life to

all who believe.

THE HOPE OF RESURRECTION

DEUTERONOMY 32:39



Genesis R. Kent Hughes2:4–25 . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Purpose in Marriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Urgency of Hearing and Heeding God’s Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

12:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Life of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Faith Alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

17:15–18:15 . . . . . . . . Laughter! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Will Provide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Beauty of Divine Providence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resting in God’s Sure Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

29:1–30 . . . . . . . . . . The Pruning of a Patriarch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

35:1–15 . . . . . . . . . . . When God Rehabilitates Your Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Energizing Power of God’s Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

41:37–57 . . . . . . . . . From the Pit to the Palace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Natural, Supernatural Work of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

49:1–27 . . . . . . . . . . The Wine of the Coming King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

50:15–21 . . . . . . . . . God’s Good Plans for His People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Exodus Philip Ryken2:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Birth of a Savior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Called by God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

7:14–25 . . . . . . . . . . River of Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

12:1–28 . . . . . . . . . . . The Blood of the Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Out of Egypt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grumble, Grumble. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Eagles’ Wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

25:10–22 . . . . . . . . . The Mercy Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

33:12–23 . . . . . . . . . This Passing Glory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

40:34–38 . . . . . . . . When Glory Came Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Leviticus Jay Sklar8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring Fellowship with God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Day of Atonement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Aaron J. Goldstein19:9–18 . . . . . . . . . . . Living a Life Reflective of God’s Own Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Jay Sklar22:17–33 . . . . . . . . . Jesus, Our Perfect Sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lord’s Resilient Faithfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Numbers R. Fowler White9:15–23 . . . . . . . . . . Making Our Way through the Wilderness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

13:1–14:38 . . . . . . . . What Kind of Man Will You Be? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High-Sounding Words, Hard-Hearted Apostasy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

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21:4–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . Dead to Egypt, Alive to God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Training God’s People to Look to the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Deuteronomy Jason S. DeRouchie

4:29–31 . . . . . . . . . . Marveling at Mercy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

6:20–25 . . . . . . . . . . Why Must I Obey?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

7:17–26 . . . . . . . . . . . Defeating Fear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

9:6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Longer Stubborn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

11:26–28 . . . . . . . . . . Love God and Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

26:16–19 . . . . . . . . . . Fickle Promises and a Faithful God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

30:19–20 . . . . . . . . . God Is Your Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

32:39 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hope of Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Joshua Sam Storms

1:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Is with Us! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Remarkable Reach of God’s Saving Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The God of the Unlikely Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Who Really Fought the Battle of Jericho? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

10:1–15 . . . . . . . . . . . “Big God-ers” vs. “Little God-ers” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cling to the Lord Your God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

24:14–28 . . . . . . . . . The Urgency of Commitment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Judges Miles V. Van Pelt

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suffering, Disobedience, and Gospel Amnesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Strength of Weakness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transforming Fear into Worship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

16:23–31 . . . . . . . . . . Salvation in Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283

Ruth Paul E. Miller

1:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hesed Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

1:19–2:18 . . . . . . . . . . The Cost of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

4:13–17 . . . . . . . . . . . Goel or Golf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

1 Samuel Ryan Kelly

1:1–2:11 . . . . . . . . . . . . Waiting on the Lord. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Word of the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305

5:1–7:2 . . . . . . . . . . . The Problem of God’s Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A King, but What Kind?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A People for Himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

14:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . The Lord Saved Israel That Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

16:1–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . A Man of God’s Own Choosing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lord Saves Not with Sword and Spear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Who Is on the Lord’s Side? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A King Who Gives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337

2 Samuel Ryan Kelly

7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Building a Better House. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . At the King’s Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

12:1–25 . . . . . . . . . . . Confrontation, Confession, and Consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Looking Back, Looking Ahead. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

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3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . True Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparing for the Final Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377

9:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anticipating David’s Greater Son. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Divine Faithfulness amid Human Unfaithfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

14:21–31 . . . . . . . . . . Awaiting Israel’s True King. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lord, He Is God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397

2 Kings Graeme Goldsworthy

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Foreshadowing of Our Own Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

5:1–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Cleansing Power of Simple Obedience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411

17:6–23 . . . . . . . . . . Resisting the Pressure of Worldly Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425

18:1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . God Honors His Covenant Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427

21:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . Why You Can’t Trust in Your Father’s Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433

23:1–27 . . . . . . . . . . . Repentance without Compromise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435

1 Chronicles Gary Millar

16:1–36 . . . . . . . . . . . Songs of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457

22:6–19 . . . . . . . . . . A Father-Son Conversation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461

29:1–22. . . . . . . . . . . Sustain This in Our Hearts, O God! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469

2 Chronicles Gary Millar

6:1–7:3 . . . . . . . . . . . Perfect Forgiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wisdom Is Not Genetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481

20:1–34 . . . . . . . . . . How to Pray Big, Gospel-Centered Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Knowing God Is What Matters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

Ezra Colin Smith

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All Stirred Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Priority of Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .511

7:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . Study, Do, and Teach! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Nehemiah Colin Smith

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pray First! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dealing with Discouragement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Power of the Open Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual Renewal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Esther Alistair Begg

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Hidden but Involved God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Resting in the Providence of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

6–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Fulfills His Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547

Job Christopher Ash

1:1–2:10 . . . . . . . . . . . When the Blessings Are Taken Away. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When It Feels As If God Is against Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vindication from Above. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In the Furnace of Affliction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581

38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bowing before God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585

42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . True Prosperity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589

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Psalms Douglas Sean O’Donnell

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Blessed Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Is Man That You Are Mindful of Him? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Life of Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599

19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What’s Wrong with the World Today? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605

22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He Was Forsaken That We Might Be Forgiven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607

27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beholding the Beauty of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611

32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Joy of Daily Repentance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613

34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tasting God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617

37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delight Yourself in the Lord! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619

42–43 . . . . . . . . . . . . Preaching to Your Own Soul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625

46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No Fear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627

51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sexual Sin and the Mercy of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631

63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thirsting for God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637

73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What to Do when the Wicked Prosper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645

77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pondering the Mighty Deeds of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647

Mike Bullmore

88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When God Seems Far Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655

91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The God Who Protects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659

96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Will Set Things Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663

103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Knows, God Remembers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667

107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rescuing Love of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673

110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lord Jesus Is a Warrior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675

116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our Death, Precious to God? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679

119:33–40 . . . . . . . . Give Me Life!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681

119:89–96 . . . . . . . . Firmly Fixed and Exceedingly Broad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683

121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Our Helper and Keeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687

131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In Quietness Is Your Strength. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691

135 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Deadening Effect of False Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693

139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Search My Heart, O God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695

145 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exuberant Praise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699

147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Goodness of Knowing God’s Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701

Proverbs Dave Kraft

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Pursuit of Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705

6:20–35 . . . . . . . . . . The Allure of Sexual Sin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . True Wisdom Is Found in Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713

11:9–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . Guarding Our Tongue Brings Great Gain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715

15:25–33 . . . . . . . . . Avoiding the Poison of Pride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721

19:16–23 . . . . . . . . . . Dealing with Anger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725

24:10–12. . . . . . . . . . Taking Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729

31:10–31 . . . . . . . . . . Cherishing the Gift of a Godly Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .737

Ecclesiastes Zack Eswine

3:9–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . Work: Both God’s and Yours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741

9:11–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . Godly Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .747

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Song of Solomon Zack Eswine2:8–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . True Love’s Ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Steamy Scene of Sexual Wonder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755

Isaiah Dane C. Ortlund1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Religious Wickedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763

3:1–15. . . . . . . . . . . . . The Worth of Godly Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767

6:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . His Holiness, Our Messiness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769

9:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hitting Rewind on Injustice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773

12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Our True Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777

19:16–25 . . . . . . . . . . Mercy to Every Corner of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783

25:6–12 . . . . . . . . . . . The Death of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789

28:14–22 . . . . . . . . . Not in Haste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793

30:18–33 . . . . . . . . . Who God Really Is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797

33:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Stability of Your Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799

35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eden Restored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803

40:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . Final Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807

43:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . A Perfect Ransom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813

45:22–25. . . . . . . . . Turn to God and Be Saved. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817

50:7–11 . . . . . . . . . . . Walking in Darkness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823

53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Scandal of Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827

55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He Will Abundantly Pardon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829

57:14–21 . . . . . . . . . . Where God Lives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831

61:1–7. . . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Upside-Down Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837

65:17–25 . . . . . . . . . Coming Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841

Jeremiah Paul R. House1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Call and God’s Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847

3:6–4:4 . . . . . . . . . . The Results of Repentance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 851

7:1–8:3 . . . . . . . . . . . A Profile of Faulty Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857

10:1–16 . . . . . . . . . . . Our Incomparable God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 861

15:10–21 . . . . . . . . . . Even God’s Best Servants Must Repent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867

17:1–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . God Knows Our Hearts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869

23:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Messiah, David’s Righteous Branch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877

26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Faithful, Dangerous Ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 881

29:1–14 . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Good Plans for His Exiled People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 885

30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Days of Healing and Songs of Thanksgiving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887

31:31–40 . . . . . . . . . New Covenant, New People, New Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 889

33:14–26 . . . . . . . . . God’s Unbreakable Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893

39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Promises to a Brave Gentile Believer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 899

50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brutal Babylon Will Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 911

Lamentations Paul R. House3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taking Comfort in God’s Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925

Ezekiel Greg Gilbert2–3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help Wanted, Full Time: Must Sit on Scorpions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 933

11:14–25 . . . . . . . . . . Determined to Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 939

18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I Don’t Deserve This! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 947

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34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Is Great, God Is Good. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 965

36:16–38 . . . . . . . . . Lay Your Trophies at His Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967

37:1–14 . . . . . . . . . . . Life Out of Death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969

Daniel Bryan Chapell

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Gracious Hand of Providence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 985

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When the Bottom Falls Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 987

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Into the Furnace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 989

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Never Give Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991

Hosea Stephen T. Um

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grace, Greater Than All Our Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1005

6–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The God Who Heals and Binds Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1009

11:1–12:1 . . . . . . . . . . . The Tender Heart of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1013

14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Returning to God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1015

Joel Stephen T. Um

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Wake-Up Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1021

Amos Julius J. Kim

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relationship Involves Responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027

5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Living from the Inside Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1029

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discipleship through Discipline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1033

Obadiah Julius J. Kim

Obadiah . . . . . . . . . Trust and Obey the King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1037

Jonah Sam Storms

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When God Says Go and You Say No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1041

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Danger of Getting Used to Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1043

Micah Joe Thorn

6:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Does the Lord Require of You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1051

7:18–20 . . . . . . . . . . When God Cast Our Sins into the Depths of the Sea . . . . . . . . . . . 1053

Nahum Joe Thorn

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Reality of Wrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057

Habakkuk Joe Thorn

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What to Do When God Seems Absent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1063

3:17–19 . . . . . . . . . . . Rejoicing in the God of Our Salvation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1065

Zephaniah Michael Lumpkin

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Waiting . . . for a Change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1071

Haggai Michael Lumpkin

2:1–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . People Are God’s Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1075

Zechariah Michael Lumpkin

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God Remembers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1083

12:1–13:1 . . . . . . . . . . Look upon the Pierced One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1087

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Malachi Michael Lumpkin3:6–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Heart’s Delight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1091

Matthew Dan Doriani1:18–25 . . . . . . . . . . . God with Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1099

3:1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Is True Repentance? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1101

5:17–20 . . . . . . . . . . Jesus, Our Law-Keeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103

6:25–34 . . . . . . . . . . When Worry Is Sinful and When It Isn’t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1107

7:24–29 . . . . . . . . . . Building Your Life on the Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109

9:9–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . He Came to Call Sinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111

10:16–33 . . . . . . . . . Suffering with Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1113

13:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . Take Care How You Hear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1117

16:21–28 . . . . . . . . . . Confessing Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1123

18:15–20 . . . . . . . . . What to Do When Someone Sins against You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1125

21:12–17 . . . . . . . . . . Joining the Children in the Praise of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1129

22:34–40 . . . . . . . . We Love Because He First Loved Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131

26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Extravagance of Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1137

28:16–20 . . . . . . . . . Make Disciples: Our Great Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1141

Mark Scotty Ward Smith1:21–34 . . . . . . . . . . . The Gospel Is a Savior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1145

4:26–29 . . . . . . . . . . Your Labor Will Never Be in Vain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1149

6:1–6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . When People Take Offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1151

7:1–23 . . . . . . . . . . . . Rich Relationship or Empty Ritual? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1155

10:35–45 . . . . . . . . . Dealing with Our Desire for Glory and Honor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1159

11:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greatness Veiled in Weakness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1161

12:41–44 . . . . . . . . . Great Grace Begets Radical Generosity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1163

14:32–42 . . . . . . . . . Becoming a Member of a Gospel Posse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1167

Luke Jared C. Wilson1:39–56 . . . . . . . . . . Living for God’s Glory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1173

2:22–38 . . . . . . . . . . Unexpected Revolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1177

4:1–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . Resisting Temptation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1179

7:36–50 . . . . . . . . . . The New Math of the Gospel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1185

8:40–56 . . . . . . . . . Little Faith, Big God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1187

9:28–36 . . . . . . . . . . Christ Alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1189

12:13–21 . . . . . . . . . . Rich toward God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1195

15:11–32 . . . . . . . . . . Cheap and Costly Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1199

18:9–14 . . . . . . . . . . . God’s Everything for Your Nothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1203

19:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . Chosen to Receive and Obey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1205

22:24–30 . . . . . . . . The Way to Greatness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1209

23:26–49 . . . . . . . . In Christ Alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1213

24:13–35 . . . . . . . . . It’s All about Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1215

John Jon Bloom1:1–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . There Was a Man Sent from God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1219

2:1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus Will Provide the Wine You Need. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1221

3:16–21 . . . . . . . . . . . Come to the Light, and Really Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1223

4:1–45 . . . . . . . . . . . . Lift Up Your Eyes in Your Unexpected Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1225

5:19–29 . . . . . . . . . . Why Jesus Made Things Worse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1227

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6:22–71 . . . . . . . . . . . Eating Jesus’ Flesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1229

8:48–59 . . . . . . . . . . If We Glorify Ourselves, Our Glory Is Nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1233

9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Do You See? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1235

10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Actions Speak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1237

11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . When Love Lets Us Suffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1239

14:15–31 . . . . . . . . . . The Essence and Evidence of True Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1243

15:1–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . Ask Whatever You Wish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1245

16:4–15 . . . . . . . . . . . The Advantage of Jesus’ Absence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1247

17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Jesus Desires Most for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1249

18:33–40 . . . . . . . . . The Guilty Man Went Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1251

20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do Not Disbelieve, But Believe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1255

Acts Justin S. Holcomb1:6–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . You Will Receive Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1259

2:22–24 . . . . . . . . . . The Trustworthiness of Jesus Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1261

4:23–31 . . . . . . . . . . Spirit-Filled Boldness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1263

6:8–7:60 . . . . . . . . . Stiff-Necked People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1267

8:26–40 . . . . . . . . . The Lord Is Mighty to Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1269

9:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scandalous Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1273

10:34–43 . . . . . . . . . A Gospel for All People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1275

Brian J. Tabb13:44–49 . . . . . . . . . Responding to Rejection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1279

15:1–35 . . . . . . . . . . . Truth and Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1281

16:16–24 . . . . . . . . . Confronting Injustice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1285

20:33–35 . . . . . . . . Work to Live and to Give . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1289

22:1–21 . . . . . . . . . . . A Changed Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1293

26:18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . From Darkness to Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1297

28:30–31 . . . . . . . . . Obstacles and Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1301

Romans Robert L. Plummer1:16–32 . . . . . . . . . . . A Hardened Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1305

3:9–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . The “Bad News” of the Gospel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1307

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . God’s “Long View” on Your Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1309

5:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rejoice in Suffering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1311

6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Changed Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1313

8:18–30 . . . . . . . . . . Keeping the End in Mind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1315

9:6–23 . . . . . . . . . . . Election and Predestination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1317

10:5–21 . . . . . . . . . . . Every Christian an Evangelist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1319

11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Father’s Loving Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1321

12:9–21 . . . . . . . . . . . Sweet Revenge?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1323

13:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . God on Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1325

14:13–23 . . . . . . . . . . Christian Unity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1327

15:1–13 . . . . . . . . . . . . Building Up Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1329

1 Corinthians Kevin Cawley1:18–31 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Glorious Folly of God’s Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1333

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What Does It Mean to Be a “Spiritual” Man?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1335

5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Passover, Purity, and the Passion of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1337

7:25–40 . . . . . . . . . . How Singleness of Devotion Shapes Singleness and Devotion . .1339

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8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Does Knowledge or Love Determine Your Dinner?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1341

10:23–33 . . . . . . . . . Who Picks What We Eat for Dinner?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1343

11:17–34 . . . . . . . . . . How to Take Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1345

12:12–31 . . . . . . . . . . How Self-Pity and Self-Sufficiency Destroy the Body . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347

13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future Hope and Present Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1349

15:50–58 . . . . . . . . . The Mundane Application of Our Glorious Future Hope . . . . . . . . . 1351

2 Corinthians Jason C. Meyer

1:3–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . The God of All Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1357

2:5–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Avoid the Devil’s Ditches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1359

3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . You Become Like What You Behold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1361

4:7–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . How Not to Lose Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1363

5:11–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Glorious Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1365

8:1–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Conversion of Your Wallet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1367

11:1–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . Know Your Enemy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1369

12:1–10. . . . . . . . . . . . The Sufficiency of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1371

Galatians Michael Reeves

2:15–21 . . . . . . . . . . . A New Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1375

3:15–29 . . . . . . . . . . No Second-Class Citizens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1377

4:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Highest Blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1379

5:16–26 . . . . . . . . . . How to Grow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1381

Ephesians Erik Thoennes

2:1–10 . . . . . . . . . . . . Our Greatest Problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1385

3:14–21 . . . . . . . . . . . A Prayer for Strength in the Inner Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1387

4:17–32. . . . . . . . . . . A Radical New Way to Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1389

5:6–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . Walk Wisely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1391

6:10–20 . . . . . . . . . . Spiritual Warfare in the Life of a Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1392

Philippians Andrew M. Davis

2:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christ’s Infinite Downward Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1395

3:1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exchanging Counterfeits for the True Masterpiece: Christ . . . . . . . 1397

4:2–9 . . . . . . . . . . . . A Treasure Chest of Eternal Joy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1399

Colossians Sam Crabtree

1:15–23 . . . . . . . . . . . He Is the Main Thing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1403

2:6–15 . . . . . . . . . . . . Rooted and Established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1405

3:1–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Word of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1407

1 Thessalonians J. J. Seid

4:13–18 . . . . . . . . . . . Grief Shot Through with Hope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1411

5:12–28. . . . . . . . . . . The Christian Life Is Growth Downward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1413

2 Thessalonians J. J. Seid

2:13–17 . . . . . . . . . . . The Good News of Jesus’ Performance on Our Behalf . . . . . . . . . . . 1417

1 Timothy Todd Wilson

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pray for All People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1421

6:11–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . Fight the Good Fight of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1425

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2 Timothy Todd Wilson

1:3–18 . . . . . . . . . . . . Guard the Deposit Entrusted to You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1429

2:14–26 . . . . . . . . . . A Worker Approved by God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1431

Titus John D. Hannah

2:11–14 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Root of Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1435

3:4–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . We Must Never Forget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1437

Philemon Sam Crabtree

Philemon . . . . . . . . The Great Heart of Great Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1441

Hebrews Tom Nelson

1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Question of God. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1445

2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Are You Adrift? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1447

4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Experiencing True Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1449

6:13–20 . . . . . . . . . . A Promise You Can Count On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1451

8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Good to Great . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1453

9:11–28 . . . . . . . . . . . Once for All. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1455

10:19–25 . . . . . . . . . Finding Intimacy by Drawing Near . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1457

11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Believing Is Seeing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1459

12:1–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Race of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1461

James Greg Gilbert

1:19–27 . . . . . . . . . . . Don’t Just Hear—Do! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1465

2:14–26 . . . . . . . . . . Living Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1467

3:1–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bombs and Trip Wires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1469

5:13–20 . . . . . . . . . . Does God Want to Answer Prayer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1471

1 Peter Andrew David Naselli

1:13–16 . . . . . . . . . . . . Tempted to Look at Pornography?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1475

3:7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How to Treat Your Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1477

4:12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Expect Persecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1479

2 Peter Andrew David Naselli

3:11, 14 . . . . . . . . . . . Why Does God Tell Us What’s Going to Happen in the Future? . 1483

1 John Robert W. Yarbrough

2:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . True Light for a True Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1489

3:11–24 . . . . . . . . . . . Conquering Cain, Confessing Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1491

4:7–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . Tapping into God to Find Life’s Meaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1493


4–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overcoming Hindrances to Pleasing God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1497


5–12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Walking in the Truth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1501

Jude Andrew David Naselli

20–21 . . . . . . . . . . . . Three Ways to Keep Yourselves in God’s Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1505

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Revelation James M. Hamilton Jr.2:1–7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jesus Knows It All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1509

5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Lion and the Lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1513

7:9–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . God Our Tabernacle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1515

12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conquering Satan by the Blood of the Lamb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1519

15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What True Worship Looks Like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1521

21:1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . Heaven on Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1527

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