Tag: Luke 2

Luke 3:7 is today’s BDBD. The Coming Wrath.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date September 12, 2025
Categories In BDBD, Bible, Bible Daily Bread Devotional, Commentary, Devotional, Gospel, Luke
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John called the crowds who came out to him to be baptized a brood of vipers. Specifically, he was talking to the Pharisees and Sadducees according to Matthew 3:7. Then he asked an interesting question, “Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?” The question was sarcasm for he knew few in Jerusalem and […]

Luke 2:51-52 is today’s BDBD. Obey Parents.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date September 5, 2025

Who was to blame for Jesus being separated from his parents? The question implies that someone is to blame for an error. Yet, no error had been made. Jesus’ parents asked, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.” The question and supporting statement say […]

Luke 2:46-50 in today’s BDBD. Listen, Answer, and Ask Questions.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date September 4, 2025

Jesus, who was twelve and attending Passover in Jerusalem with his parents, was attending the required temple education as preparation for his adult life as a Jew. Adult life for Jewish children started at their thirteenth birthday. Seated around him would have been many other twelve-year-old boys. The boys were to listen, answer questions, and […]

Luke 2:43-46 is today’s BDBD. Jesus’ Education.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date September 3, 2025

Jesus’ desire to know and understand the word of God is displayed. He could not have received such education in the small village Nazareth as he should have been able to receive in Jerusalem. Jesus took advantage of his time in Jerusalem to stand and learn in the temple courts. So many adults in our […]

Luke 2:42 is today’s BDBD. Socially Recognized Adulthood.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date September 2, 2025

Luke records, “When he was twelve years old… according to the custom”. When a Jewish boy celebrates his thirteenth birthday, they officially declared an adult. The event is called a bar mitzvah. When thirteen years old, he is given the right to participate in society and religion as an adult. When thirteen, he fully assumed […]

Luke 1:41 is today’s BDBD. Worship in God’s Temple.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date September 1, 2025

Luke comments, “Every year his parents went to Jerusalem”. The Lord God required all men to appear before the Sovereign Lord at the temple in Jerusalem three times a year. (Exodus 23:14, 17, 34:23; Deuteronomy 16:16) Since Alexander the Great controlled Palestine, many Jews had been scattered throughout the Greek and Roman world. Traveling to […]

Luke 1:40 is today’s BDBD. A Balanced Life.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date August 30, 2025

Jesus was well-balanced. Somewhat similar to the trinity of God, man has (or is capable of having) three parts: physical body, soul (feelings and thought), and spirit (that which is of the spiritual world). When Adam and Eve sinned, the first part that died was the spirit, for God’s spirit departed from them. (John 1:4, […]

Luke 2:39 is today’s BDBD. Nazareth.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date August 28, 2025

Nazareth in the district of Galilee was a small town, Mary and Joseph’s hometown. (Luke 1:26) According to John 2:46 the town was known for nothing good. “Nazer” means “despised,” or “not honorable”. Christians were at first called Nazarenes. (Acts 24:5) Nazareth was on a major trade route. Being on a major trade route brought […]

Luke 2:36-38 is today’s BDBD. A Prophetess Among Us.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date August 27, 2025

Anna was unique in many ways. She was a prophetess, the first human messenger of God in the Bible since the time of Malachi. She was of the lost tribe of Asher, not Judea. She was a woman who had dedicated herself to the Lord. She was eighty-four (or widowed eighty-four years), an age uncommon […]

Luke 2:33-35 is today’s BDBD. Heart Revealed.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date August 26, 2025

A Jesus encounter reveals the person I am. Every joint and marrow, every membrane and cell, every thought and reason are now known. The id is revealed as indecent. The ego is exposed to reality. The heart is cut open with a double-edged sword. The mind has seen the Great Light. My Maker has opened […]

Luke 2:28-32 is today’s BDBD. Hey Gentiles, Jesus is Our Light of Revelation.

Post author By Stephen Ricker
Post date August 25, 2025

The Gentiles are in the dark even though we are intellectual and have achievements much. We were and still can be in the dark when we do not have a right relationship with God through Jesus who is full of grace and truth. Gentiles live in darkness until the gospel of Jesus is welcomed within […]