COMMENTARY:
: 1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness. (4134 “full” [pleres] means filled up, lacking nothing, perfect, complete, or abundant.)
DEVOTION: The Holy Spirit led Jesus to a place where the Devil could tempt HIM. Not only was HE in … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. (859 “remission” [aphesis] means forgiveness, deliverance, liberty, release, pardon, cancellation, or relaxation of disease.)
DEVOTION: John came out of the wilderness preaching that individuals had to change direction with their lives. They were … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped HIM in swaddling clothes, and laid HIM in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. (4416 “firstborn” [prototokos] means first begotten, birthright, existing before, or superior.)
DEVOTION: Have you ever given it any thought that Jesus was in … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. (273 “blameless” [amemptos] means deserving no censure, free from defect, unblameable, irreproachable, guiltless, innocent or faultless.)
DEVOTION: There is no such thing as sinlessness for anyone in the human race. Jesus was sinless … Read More