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Posted by Peter Kennedy on Sunday May 6, 2018 under Devotions In Letters Of Peter
“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation” – 1 Peter 2:2
One of the reasons Martin Luther came to his great discovery in the Bible of justification by faith alone was that in his early years in the Augustinian monastery he was influenced to love Scripture by Johann Staupitz. Luther devoured the Bible in a day when people earned doctorates in theology without even reading the Bible. Luther said that his fellow professor, Andreas Karlstadt, did not even own a Bible when he earned his doctor of theology degree, nor did he own one until many years later. Luther knew so much of the Bible from memory that when the Lord opened his eyes to see the truth of justification in Romans 1:17, he said, “Thereupon I ran through the Scriptures from memory,” in order to confirm what he had discovered.
All of us need to depend on God’s Word and to put the Word of God in loving action.
Today in prayer, praise Jesus for the Bible and spend some extra time today reading your Bible.
"Like Joseph storing up grain during the years of plenty to be used during the years of famine that lay ahead, may we store up the truths of God's Word in our hearts as much as possible, so that we are prepared for whatever suffering we are called upon to endure." - Billy Graham
God’s Word: “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” – Psalm 119:103
By Peter Kennedy, Copyright 2018, Devotional E-Mail
DEVOTIONS LETTERS OF PETER
“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation” – 1 Peter 2:2
One of the reasons Martin Luther came to his great discovery in the Bible of justification by faith alone was that in his early years in the Augustinian monastery he was influenced to love Scripture by Johann Staupitz. Luther devoured the Bible in a day when people earned doctorates in theology without even reading the Bible. Luther said that his fellow professor, Andreas Karlstadt, did not even own a Bible when he earned his doctor of theology degree, nor did he own one until many years later. Luther knew so much of the Bible from memory that when the Lord opened his eyes to see the truth of justification in Romans 1:17, he said, “Thereupon I ran through the Scriptures from memory,” in order to confirm what he had discovered.
All of us need to depend on God’s Word and to put the Word of God in loving action.
Today in prayer, praise Jesus for the Bible and spend some extra time today reading your Bible.
"Like Joseph storing up grain during the years of plenty to be used during the years of famine that lay ahead, may we store up the truths of God's Word in our hearts as much as possible, so that we are prepared for whatever suffering we are called upon to endure." - Billy Graham
God’s Word: “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” – Psalm 119:103
By Peter Kennedy, Copyright 2018, Devotional E-Mail
DEVOTIONS LETTERS OF PETER