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Daily Bread

Faith Comes from Hearing

Date: Jun. 17, 2023

Passage

Romans 10:14-21

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for

  “Their voice has gone out to all the earth,
    and their words to the ends of the world.”

19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,

  “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation;
    with a foolish nation I will make you angry.”

20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say,

  “I have been found by those who did not seek me;
    I have shown myself to those who did not ask for me.”

21 But of Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.”

Daily Bread

Key Verse: Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Faith is born when people hear and believe the good news of God’s love and salvation. Then, God sends those whom he has saved to share his good news with others. God choses to work through his word, proclaimed by weak human beings. Indeed, those who obey God and deliver their message have beautiful feet. People cannot call on God if they do not believe in him. People cannot believe in him unless they have heard about him. They cannot hear unless someone tells them. So, God sends us.

Faith comes through hearing, but didn’t the Israelites hear? Yes, they did. But not everyone who hears believes. When God’s chosen people Israel rejected his love, he reached out to the Gentiles, hoping that this would make Israel jealous enough to repent and come back to him. This is the beautiful picture of our God who, like the Father of the prodigal son, waits with outstretched arms.

Prayer: Prayer: Lord, thank you for your life-giving word. Help me to share it and be a life giver.

One Word: One Word: Faith comes by hearing the word

Daily Bread

God Stills the Conflict

Psalm 76:1-12

Key Verse: 76:6

At your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
both rider and horse lay stunned.

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