Listening & Learning — A Devotional

Introduction

SALUTED, v.3

SALUTED, v.3.

  • Grace: the activity of God in power to fully meet needs.
  • Peace: the ending of conflict and strife that follows acts of divine grace.

DESCRIBED:

  • Grace of God, v.4: the source of this blessing; possibilities for success, not failure.
  • Utterance, v.5: the ability to express the Gospel in words; knowledge – the ability to understand truth.
  • Confirmed (past), v.6: intelligently proclaimed and demonstrated.
  • Waiting (present), v.7: expectation – they had all they needed (gift) to carry out their purpose.
  • Coming (future), v.7: the revelation of the Lord.
  • Confirm, v.8: secured, preserved; blameless – the absence of charge or accusation.

Affirmation, v.9. God is faithful; fellowship of His Son (deity); Jesus (humanity); Christ (anointed, exalted); Lord (authority) – connect with 15:58.

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