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a paraphrased scripture study
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GospeL Verses ~ Matthew 1:18-25
18 - Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed (in between married and engaged?) to Joseph, before they were together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and not willing to put her to shame, resolved to annul from her quietly. 20 But as he considered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” 22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: 23 “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” which means, God with us. 24 When Joseph awoke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him. They married, 25 but he knew her not until she had given birth to a son, whom he named Jesus.
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From New Testament Letters
(In the Order Believed Written)
~ 2 Corinthians 3:1-11
1 - Are we (Paul, Timothy, etc) trying to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of commendation? 2 You yourselves are our letter of approval! One that is written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. 3 And you - you are a letter from Christ - written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God. Not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts [Jer.31:33, Heb.10:16]. 4 And this is the confidence we have, through Christ, toward God. 5 Not that we can claim that any fullness or usefulness comes from our own selves. No, our sufficiency is from God. 6 It is He who has made us fit to be ministers [diakonos - servants, waiters, ministers] of a new covenant, not of the letter [gramma - that which is drawn or written down on paper, etc] but is of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. (It’s like a diet?! The harder you try the hungrier you are? Like caging the beast rather than killing it. So to speak. But “the new and living way” is a submission, thus reliance upon God our Father. We are the ‘whole burnt sacrifice’. As to yielding to him, when we feel we’ve yielded to the very floor of our being, that’s when we need to start tearing up floorboards?) 7 Now if the ministry of death, carved in letters onto stone, came with such glory that the Israelites couldn’t even look at Moses' face because of the brightness, a brightness and radiance that was fading, 8 won’t the ministry of the Spirit have even more glory? 9 For if there was glory in the ministry of censure (judgment, consequences) - the ministry [diakonia - service, ministry, a waiting at table] of righteousness [dikaiosunΓ© - of rightness, justice] must abound in far more glory and radiance. 10 Indeed, in this case, what once had glory and brightness, has come to have none at all. This is because of the glory that surpasses it. (Life as we presently know it, this all important contrast, is like old worn out rags, gritty with dirt, in comparison. Even though there is also so much that is good and rich.. otherwise life would totally fade away..? Example, days of Noah.) 11 For if what was being brought to an end came with such glory and radiance, how much moRe will what is permanent abound with glory.
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cross references, etc.
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Tomorrow’s Verses:
Luke 2:1-7
2 Corinthians 3:12-18
A link to the reading schedule is pinned.
✔️= posted
Acts this week, 18:17-28 ✔️
Rev/Apoc this week, 19:1-8 ✔️
Prophets - Isaiah 1 - 5 ✔️
Prophets - Each part includes the previous parts also. Disclaimer, some are long.
Is.11:7 - The lion will eat straw like the ox! ~ hope you have a blessed day..
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