The Archives Devotional Magazine June 2015 | Page 18

"THEY WHO PREMATURELY PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD TO ROOT OUT
WHATEVER IS DISPLEASING TO THEM OVERTHROW THE JUDGMENT OF GOD
AND RASHLY INTRUDE UPON THE OFFICE OF ANGELS." ―JOHN CALVIN

Read the scripture
First pray, then read. This week's
reading is Matthew 7-9.

DAY 3
“So then, anyone who hears these words of mine and obeys them is like a wise man who built
his house on rock. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, and the wind blew hard
against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on rock.
“But anyone who hears these words of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man
who built his house on sand. The rain poured down, the rivers flooded over, the wind blew
hard against that house, and it fell. And what a terrible fall that was!”
When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowd was amazed at the way he taught. He
wasn't like the teachers of the Law; instead, he taught with authority.
When Jesus came down from the hill, large crowds followed him. Then a man suffering
from a dreaded skin disease came to him, knelt down before him, and said, “Sir, if you want
to, you can make me clean.”
Jesus reached out and touched him. “I do want to,” he answered. “Be clean!” At once the
man was healed of his disease. Then Jesus said to him, “Listen! Don't tell anyone, but go
straight to the priest and let him examine you; then in order to prove to everyone that you are
cured, offer the sacrifice that Moses ordered.”

Think about the text
What is the passage about? What
does it tell me about God the Father,
Jesus, the Holy Spirit? What does it
teach about life? Is there a
command? Example? Promise?
Warning? Error to avoid? What is the
main thing I can learn?

Apply it to life
Is there a call to action? A duty to
fulfill? A message to tell