David Richey's Bible Study Blog

 Mark 4:26 “And he said, 'The kingdom of God is as if a man scatters seed in the ground,” Mark 4:27” and night and day he sleeps and rises, and the seed sprouts and grows; how, he does not know.”  John 6:53 “Then Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you.” John 6: 54 “Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6: 55 “For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. “John 6:56 “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood, lives in me, and I in him.” Just as you eat three meals a day, you also need to eat spiritual food each day, the body and blood of Jesus Christ. 

 Matthew 23:8 “But you must not be called Rabbi, for one is your Teacher, the Christ, and you are all brothers.” Matthew 23:10 “And do not be called teachers, for one is your Teacher, the Christ.”  Because of these two verses I don't elaborate and summarize the scriptures of Christ much I let Christ speak as the teacher through the scripture verses I use in this Bible Study. Christ should speak through the scriptures and the Holy Spirit rather than me teaching in this Bible Study. Romans 10:17 ESV “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

 In Matthew 9:13 Jesus says,  Matthew 9:13 “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance”. Despite all of the great works for the Lord and great deeds one may do for the Lord he, “desires mercy not sacrifice”. In Matthew 9:13 Jesus is quoting from Hosea 6:6: Hosea 6:6 “For I delight in mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” Micah 6:6" With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?" Micah 6:7" Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?" The knowledge of God in Hosea 6:6 leads to hearing and hearing to faith as it is written in Romans 10:17. Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing through the...

 Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, how can it be made salty again? Then it is good for nothing, but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.” Mark 9:49 “For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be salted with salt.” Mark 9:50 “Salt is good. But if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another”. The salt means to have wisdom and don't provoke each other. As Mark 9:50 says, “be at peace with one another”. Use wisdom not to provoke one another and “be at peace with one another” Mark 9:50. Matthew 22:37 “Jesus said to him, 'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Matthew 22:38 “This is the first and great commandment.” Matthew 22:39 “And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” Matthew 22:40 “All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments...