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A2 | THE BIBLE TIMES - GOD’S WORD FOR TODAYoLIFEthebibletimes.comSubscribe Free➢ REQUEST ONLINEVisit our website to see whatothers are doing with The BibleTimes. Make a request for freecopies to distribute or read atthebibletimes.com.➢ DONATEWe couldn’t printThe Bible Timeswithout financialsupport frommany people. Visitthebibletimes.com to donate.➢ INDEXSectionsA1 NewsA2 LifeA3 MiraclesA4 NewsA5 PosterA6 AdviceA7 ProfilesA8 NewsA9 AdviceA10 EditorialA11 EditorialA12 NewsWill my goodness get me to heaven?The free gift of God iseternal life through JesusChrist our LordPAUL TARSUSSTAFF REPORTERWhat then will we say thatAbraham, our forefather, hasfound according to the flesh?For if Abraham was justifiedby works, he has something toboast about, but not toward God.For what does the Scripture say?“Abraham believed God, andit was accounted to him forrighteousness.” Now to him whoworks, the reward is not countedas grace, but as something owed.But to him who doesn’t work, butbelieves in him who justifies theungodly, his faith is accountedfor righteousness. Even as Davidalso pronounces blessing onthe man to whom God countsrighteousness apart from works,“Blessed are they whoseiniquities are forgiven, whosesins are covered. Blessed is theman whom the Lord will by nomeans charge with sin.”Is this blessing then pronouncedon the circumcised, or on theuncircumcised also? For wesay that faith was accountedto Abraham for righteousness.How then was it counted?When he was in circumcision,or in uncircumcision? Notin circumcision, but inuncircumcision. He receivedthe sign of circumcision, a sealof the righteousness of thefaith which he had while hewas in uncircumcision, thathe might be the father of allthose who believe, though theymight be in uncircumcision,that righteousness might alsobe accounted to them. He isthe father of circumcision tothose who not only are of thecircumcision, but who also walkin the steps of that faith of ourfather Abraham, which he had inuncircumcision. For the promiseto Abraham and to his offspringthat he should be heir of theAbrahambelieved Godand his faithwas creditedto him asrighteousness.world wasn’t through the law,but through the righteousnessof faith. For if those who are ofthe law are heirs, faith is madevoid, and the promise is made ofno effect. For the law produceswrath, for where there is no law,neither is there disobedience.For this cause it is of faith, thatit may be according to grace, tothe end that the promise maybe sure to all the offspring, notto that only which is of the law,but to that also which is of thefaith of Abraham, who is thefather of us all. As it is written,“I have made you a father ofmany nations.” This is in thepresence of him whom hebelieved: God, who gives life tothe dead, and calls the thingsthat are not, as though theywere. Besides hope, Abraham inhope believed, to the end that hemight become a father of manynations, according to that whichhad been spoken, “So will youroffspring be.” Without beingweakened in faith, he didn’tconsider his own body, alreadyhaving been worn out, (he beingabout a hundred years old), andthe deadness of Sarah’s womb.Yet, looking to the promise ofGod, he didn’t waver throughunbelief, but grew strongthrough faith, giving glory toGod, and being fully assured thatwhat he had promised, he wasalso able to perform. Thereforeit also was “credited to him forrighteousness.” Now it was notwritten that it was accounted tohim for his sake alone, but forour sake also, to whom it will beaccounted, who believe in himwho raised Jesus, our Lord, fromthe dead, who was deliveredup for our trespasses, and wasraised for our justification.➢ EDITIONS1 - In the beginning2 - Dead man lives3 - Don’t be troubled: believe in God➢ HOW TO REACH USMAIN SWITCHBOARDCustomer Service: 519-276-8030Email: subscribe@thebibletimes.comSign up for your own free subscriptionat thebibletimes.com.EDITORIALNewsroom: ted@thebibletimes.comDONATIONSOnline: thebibletimes.com/donateTelephone: 519-276-8030PayPal: ted.fuller@fullerworks.comCheque: Make payable to “Ted Fuller”ADDRESSThe Bible Times137067 13th Line, RR#4St.Marys, Ontario, CanadaN4X 1C7ACCURACYThe Newspaper’s Public Editorwelcomes reader comments andinformation about factual errors innews and feature content in theNewspaper’s print and online editions.If you see a possible error, pleaseemail ted@thebibletimes.com.QUESTIONS / COMMENTSThe Bible Times has establised aquestion and comments email accountto deal with editorial concerns. Formore information or to file a complaint,email: comments@thebibletimes.com.➢ CREDITSThank you to The World English Biblefor producing a copyright-free versionof the Bible.Thank you to our donors, distributors,printers, and everyone else involved inThe Bible Times newspaper.CopyrightThe Bible Times text is free from anycopyright. Images are copyright oftheir respective owners and have beenlicensed for use by The Bible Times.Our MissionTo provide “God’s Word For Today”to people everywhere with the aim ofseeing precious souls won to Christ.GOD’S WORDFOR TODAYJust like eating three meals a day, it is recommended that believers read the Bible and pray at least three times daily for optimal spiritual health.Man shall not live by bread aloneJesus’ temptation revealsthe power of God’s wordMATTHEW ALPHAEUSSTAFF REPORTERThen Jesus was led up by theSpirit into the wilderness to betempted by the devil. When hehad fasted forty days and fortynights, he was hungry afterward.The tempter came and said toJesus isbaptizedJOHN THE BAPTIST from A1you can say to yourselves, ‘Wehave Abraham for our father,’for I tell you that God is able toraise up children to Abrahamfrom these stones.“Even now the ax lies at the rootof the trees. Therefore everytree that doesn’t produce goodfruit is cut down, and cast intothe fire. I indeed baptize you inwater for repentance, but he whocomes after me is mightier thanI, whose shoes I am not worthyto carry. He will baptize you inthe Holy Spirit. His winnowingfork is in his hand, and he willthoroughly cleanse his threshingfloor. He will gather his wheatinto the barn, but the chaff hewill burn up with unquenchablefire.”Then Jesus came from Galileeto the Jordan to John, to bebaptized by him. But John wouldhave hindered him, saying, “Ineed to be baptized by you, andyou come to me?”But Jesus, answering, said tohim, “If you are the Son of God,command that these stonesbecome bread.”But he answered, “It is written,‘Man shall not live by breadalone, but by every word thatproceeds out of the mouth ofGod.’”Then the devil took him intothe holy city. He set him on thepinnacle of the temple, and saidto him, “If you are the Son ofJohn’s clothes were made of camel’shair and his food was locusts and wildhoney.him, “Allow it now, for this isthe fitting way for us to fulfillall righteousness.” Then heallowed him. Jesus, when hewas baptized, went up directlyfrom the water: and behold,the heavens were opened tohim. He saw the Spirit of Goddescending as a dove, andcoming on him. Behold, a voiceout of the heavens said, “This ismy beloved Son, with whom Iam well pleased.”God, throw yourself down, for itis written, ‘He will put his angelsin charge of you.’ and,‘On their hands they will bearyou up,so that you don’t dashyour foot against a stone.’”Jesus said to him, “Again, it iswritten, ‘You shall not test theLord, your God.’”Again, the devil took him to anexceedingly high mountain, andshowed him all the kingdoms ofChief tax collector becomesa follower of Jesus ChristLUKE ANTIOCHSPECIAL TO THE TIMESJesus entered and was passingthrough Jericho. There was aman named Zacchaeus. He wasa chief tax collector, and he wasrich. He was trying to see whoJesus was, and couldn’t becauseof the crowd, because he wasshort. He ran on ahead, andclimbed up into a sycamore treeto see him, for he was goingto pass that way. When Jesuscame to the place, he lookedup and saw him, and said tohim, “Zacchaeus, hurry andthe world, and their glory. Hesaid to him, “I will give you allof these things, if you will falldown and worship me.”Then Jesus said to him, “Getbehind me, Satan! For it iswritten, ‘You shall worship theLord your God, and you shallserve him only.’”Then the devil left him, andbehold, angels came and servedhim.Change of heart forcrooked tax collectorcome down, for today I muststay at your house.” He hurried,came down, and received himjoyfully. When they saw it, theyall murmured, saying, “He hasgone in to lodge with a man whois a sinner.”Zacchaeus stood and said to theLord, “Behold, Lord, half of mygoods I give to the poor. If I havewrongfully exacted anything ofanyone, I restore four times asmuch.”Jesus said to him, “Today,salvation has come to thishouse, because he also is a sonof Abraham. For the Son of Mancame to seek and to save thatwhich was lost.”
GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY - THE BIBLE TIMES | A3o MIRACLESJESUS SAID, “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE”Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” He who was dead came out bound hand and foot.The resurrection of Lazarus hearkens to an even greater event - the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Jesus predicted his own crucifixion and resurrection. He said,“The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”Dead man comes to lifeLazarus walks out of thecemetary after four daysburied undergroundJOHN ZEBEDEESTAFF REPORTERNow a certain man was sick, Lazarusfrom Bethany, of the villageof Mary and her sister, Martha.It was that Mary who hadanointed the Lord with ointment,and wiped his feet withher hair, whose brother, Lazarus,was sick. The sisters thereforesent to him, saying, “Lord, behold,he for whom you havegreat affection is sick.” But whenJesus heard it, he said, “Thissickness is not to death, but forthe glory of God, that God’s Sonmay be glorified by it.” Now Jesusloved Martha, and her sister,and Lazarus. When therefore heheard that he was sick, he stayedtwo days in the place where hewas. Then after this he said tothe disciples, “Let’s go into Judeaagain.”The disciples told him, “Rabbi,the Jews were just trying tostone you, and are you goingthere again?”Jesus answered, “Aren’t theretwelve hours of daylight? Ifa man walks in the day, hedoesn’t stumble, because hesees the light of this world. Butif a man walks in the night, hestumbles, because the light isn’tin him.” He said these things,and after that, he said to them,“Our friend, Lazarus, has fallenasleep, but I am going so that Imay awake him out of sleep.”The disciples therefore said,“Lord, if he has fallen asleep, hewill recover.”Now Jesus had spoken of hisdeath, but they thought that hespoke of taking rest in sleep. SoJesus said to them plainly then,“Lazarus is dead. I am glad foryour sakes that I was not there,so that you may believe. Nevertheless,let’s go to him.”Thomas therefore, who is calledDidymus, said to his fellow disciples,“Let’s go also, that wemay die with him.”So when Jesus came, he foundthat he had been in the tombfour days already. Now Bethanywas near Jerusalem, about fifteenstadia away. Many of the Jewshad joined the women aroundMartha and Mary, to consolethem concerning their brother.Then when Martha heard thatJesus was coming, she went andmet him, but Mary stayed in thehouse. Therefore Martha said toJesus, “Lord, if you would havebeen here, my brother wouldn’thave died. Even now I knowthat, whatever you ask of God,God will give you.” Jesus saidto her, “Your brother will riseagain.”Martha said to him, “I knowthat he will rise again in the resurrectionat the last day.”Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrectionand the life. He whobelieves in me will still live, evenif he dies. Whoever lives and believesin me will never die. Doyou believe this?”She said to him, “Yes, Lord. Ihave come to believe that youare the Christ, God’s Son, hewho comes into the world.”When she had said this, she wentaway, and called Mary, her sister,secretly, saying, “The Teacher ishere, and is calling you.”When she heard this, she arosequickly, and went to him. NowJesus had not yet come into thevillage, but was in the placewhere Martha met him. Thenthe Jews who were with her inthe house, and were consolingher, when they saw Mary, thatshe rose up quickly and wentout, followed her, saying, “She isgoing to the tomb to weep there.”Therefore when Mary came towhere Jesus was, and saw him,she fell down at his feet, sayingto him, “Lord, if you would havebeen here, my brother wouldn’thave died.”When Jesus therefore saw herweeping, and the Jews weepingwho came with her, he groanedin the spirit, and was troubled,and said, “Where have you laidhim?”They told him, “Lord, come andsee.”Jesus wept.The Jews therefore said, “See howmuch affection he had for him!”Some of them said, “Couldn’tthis man, who opened the eyesof him who was blind, have alsokept this man from dying?”Jesus therefore, again groaningin himself, came to the tomb.Now it was a cave, and a stonelay against it. Jesus said, “Takeaway the stone.”Martha, the sister of him whowas dead, said to him, “Lord, bythis time there is a stench, for hehas been dead four days.”Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tellyou that if you believed, youwould see God’s glory?”So they took away the stonefrom the place where the deadman was lying. Jesus lifted uphis eyes, and said, “Father, Ithank you that you listened tome. I know that you always listento me, but because of themultitude that stands around Isaid this, that they may believethat you sent me.” When he hadsaid this, he cried with a loudvoice, “Lazarus, come out!”He who was dead came out,bound hand and foot with wrappings,and his face was wrappedaround with a cloth.Jesus said to them, “Free him,and let him go.”Therefore many of the Jews, whocame to Mary and saw what Jesusdid, believed in him. Butsome of them went away to thePharisees, and told them thethings which Jesus had done.The chief priests therefore andthe Pharisees gathered a council,and said, “What are we doing?For this man does manysigns. If we leave him alone likethis, everyone will believe inhim, and the Romans will comeand take away both our placeand our nation.”But a certain one of them,Caiaphas, being high priest thatyear, said to them, “You knownothing at all, nor do you considerthat it is advantageous forus that one man should die forthe people, and that the wholenation not perish.” Now hedidn’t say this of himself, butbeing high priest that year, heprophesied that Jesus would diefor the nation, and not for thenation only, but that he mightalso gather together into one thechildren of God who are scatteredabroad. So from that dayforward they took counsel thatthey might put him to death.Jesus therefore walked no moreopenly among the Jews, but departedfrom there into the countrynear the wilderness, to a citycalled Ephraim. He stayed therewith his disciples.Now the Passover of the Jews wasat hand. Many went up from thecountry to Jerusalem before thePassover, to purify themselves.Then they sought for Jesus andspoke one with another, as theystood in the temple, “What doyou think—that he isn’t comingto the feast at all?” Now thechief priests and the Phariseeshad commanded that if anyoneknew where he was, he shouldreport it, that they might seizehim.
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