Acts 4:7-12 (NIV) - CONTEXT: In the weeks after Pentecost, the church has already grown to about 5,000 11  Jesus is “ ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone. 12 Peter continued to reject Jesus, because He did nothing to save them from their immediate concern: Roman Today: Luke 5

Summary We just read the first half of chapter 12 two weeks ago as we were reminded that as Jesus rules ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Romans 6

Job 12 (NIV) CONTEXT: Job has lost his family and his health. Here Job pushes back on them. 12 Then Job replied: 2 “Doubtless you are the only people who matter, and 5 Those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping. 6  12 Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?

Matthew 12:36-37 (NIV) 36  But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment and are justified (acquitted), and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved (Romans

Paul illustrates this in Romans 5:12, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and good news is that even if we are all guilty beginning with that first transgression in the garden, Romans 5:18–19 reveals the solution, Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for

Exodus 12 (NIV) CONTEXT: God has subjected Pharoah and the Egyptians to nine of the ten plagues, and You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. 5  The animals Eat it in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover. 12  “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike Dig Deeper It's easy for us to see what's going on here in Exodus 12 as this first Passover is described Today: John 12

Revelation 12 (NIV) CONTEXT: This fantastic (in every sense of the word) chapter begins the second half and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. 12 gospels— Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the fourteen letters of Paul— to the Romans Summary As the second half of Revelation begins here in chapter 12, the language & symbolism gets more About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father God, who will win the war and crush Satan under our feet (Romans

Bible isn't a buffet where you can pick and choose only what you like (Photo credit: Unsplash) John 12

Daniel 12:1-3 (NIV) CONTEXT: Daniel has been experiencing "a prophetic (and very selective) vision of As we begin chapter 12, Daniel's vision reveals how God's covenant people will be saved from the chaos theological ground, I end up missing out on beautifully certain promises like what we read today in Daniel 12 So what stands out so strikingly in these few verses at the beginning of chapter 12 is the peace that

Titus 1:5-9 (NIV) CONTEXT: Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus are referred to as the 'pastoral epistles Both men were ordained by Paul to serve the churches, Timothy in Ephesus and Titus in Crete. 5  The reason Other denominations, like Methodists and Roman Catholics, have an episcopalian type of government in In the Roman Empire, rich landowners would appoint stewards to manage their far flung properties.