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NOVEMBER 27 Reading 331 A MAN LIKE US Hebrews 2 “Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death . . . and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fearContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Hebrews NOVEMBER 26 Reading 330 CHRIST, THE SON Hebrews 1 “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word” (Heb. 1:3).Christian faith rests on the conviction that Jesus Christ is God the Son. Background The Book of Hebrews. Like the other lettersContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Hebrews INTRODUCTION The author of this unique New Testament letter is not identified. It is thought he wrote to Christian Jews a few years before the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in A.D. 70. The Book of Hebrews carefully compares Old and New Testament faiths. It shows how Christianity grew out of and fulfilled Judaism,Continue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Philemon NOVEMBER 25 Reading 329 DEAR BROTHER SLAVE Philemon “No longer as a slave, but better than a slave, as a dear brother” (Phile. 16).Hearts must change before institutions can. Background Slavery. A high percentage of the inhabitants of the Roman Empire were slaves. Slaves were viewed as property, and had few personal rights inContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”

Philemon INTRODUCTION This brief, intensely personal letter was written to Philemon, a wealthy Christian slave-owner in Asia Minor’s Lycus Valley. In it Paul appealed to Philemon to welcome back Onesimus, a runaway slave who had been converted under Paul’s ministry. The letter is a dramatic example of how the Gospel unites people of every socialContinue reading “The 365 Day Devotional Commentary”