Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, January 9, 2020

QT 9 Jan 20, Luke 1:16-17, Jesus is God


Luke 1:16–17 (ESV) — 16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”

NOTE: I had not noticed the  connection between verses 16 and 17. In verse 16, the angel tells Zechariah what John will do -- turn the Israelites back to their God. In verse 17, Luke says John will go before him. Who is the him? God is the him. Now, it could be that Luke is not referring to the person of Jesus, but rather the larger presence of God, but the construction, when read literally, does suggest that John goes before Jesus (God) to prepare the people for God's coming.

PRAYER: Father, we know from the gospel of John, the response of the leaders to Jesus' statements, and the letters of the Apostles that Jesus was God and claimed to be God. I pray for the lost, that they would understand the futility of their argument that Jesus was not God. Jesus was God in the flesh, no matter how incredible it might seem. Therefore, Jesus' words and actions need to be listened to.

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