TRINITY – WEEK 11 – TUESDAY LESSON: 2 CORINTHIANS 4:13‒15 “I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other.” Luke 18:14 The tax collector’s faith certainly proves itself by its fruits. How do we explain Christ’s statement here that he “went down to his house justified rather than the…

TRINITY – WEEK 11 – MONDAY LESSON: 1 PETER 5:6‒11 “The tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’” Luke 18:13 It seems that the tax collector must have heard something of God’s Word beforehand, that he…

TRINITY – WEEK 11 – SUNDAY LESSON: LUKE 18:9‒14 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.” Luke 18:10 You have already heard that before any man can do what is good and pleasing in God’s sight he must already be a pious man, that…

TRINITY – WEEK 10 – SATURDAY LESSON: LUKE 21:21‒24 “They will not leave one stone upon another in you.” Luke 19:44 Jesus becomes angry at the desecration of His temple by these greedy money-grubbers. They not only despise and neglect the true worship of God but turn it completely upside down and trample it under…

TRINITY – WEEK 10 – FRIDAY LESSON: 2 THESSALONIANS 2:12‒17 And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer’; but you have made it a den of robbers.” Luke 19:45‒46 The temple and the whole priesthood was…

TRINITY – WEEK 10 – THURSDAY LESSON: 1 PETER 4:12‒19 “Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for My name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.” Matthew 19:29 In many ways we resemble the Jews. They were more concerned about their bellies…

TRINITY – WEEK 10 – WEDNESDAY LESSON: PSALM 19:1‒4 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed on and triumph, as it did among you. 2 Thessalonians 3:1 In our day, praise God, the Gospel is being proclaimed with a fullness and clarity that has not been known since the…

TRINITY – WEEK 10 – TUESDAY LESSON: PSALM 95:6‒11 “The days shall come upon you, when your enemies will cast up a bank about you and surround you, and hem you in on every side, and dash you to the ground, you and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon…

TRINITY – WEEK 10 – MONDAY LESSON: ROMANS 13:11‒14 “Would that even today you knew the things that make for peace!” Luke 19:42 There are many ways in which God can punish men for despising and neglecting the Gospel and His Word. He can send them false prophets and sectarians who preach with such assurance…

TRINITY – WEEK 10 – SUNDAY LESSON: LUKE 19:41‒48 When He drew near and saw the city, He wept over it. Luke 19:41 The events described in this Gospel occurred on the day we usually call Palm Sunday when Jesus, amidst public acclaim, entered Jerusalem as the king of grace. On that occasion He proceeded…