Daily Lift – June 05, 2017

What can it mean to “know” God, for no person has ever seen the Father (John 1:18)? On one occasion the apostle Philip demanded of Jesus that He would show all the disciples the Father (John 14:8). Jesus’ reply seems to be somewhat from disappointment that such would be demanded, for He said: “Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9).

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Daily Lift – June 02, 2017

Every Jewish child was to be taught that loving God above all else and keeping His commandments was primary. The “se-ma” or prayer of Israel was always: “Hear O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord” (Deuteronomy 6:4). So vital was this concept that parents were to teach it to their children at all times (Deuteronomy 6:7).

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Daily Lift – June 01, 2017

Someone once said that the apostle Paul wrote the first fifty-seven verses of chapter fifteen of 1 Corinthians so that he could pen the last one with emphasis. Though a facetious thought, the fact that even the body of the Christian will be resurrected should motivate God’s child to do his very best in service in the kingdom of Christ.

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