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It was the last wish of Fred Morris, Manna Publications author, to his editorial team that, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, "Old Testament teachings should be viewed in the light of their New Testament fulfilment and that New Testament teachings should be viewed in the context of God's purposes and promises expressed in the Old Testament and then applied to today". These daily devotionals are useful for Bible teaching topics and sermon ideas from random places in the Old and New Tetaments. They will help build up a broader picture of God's word at the time it was written and for today.

May 8th 2025

Genesis 41:15-40 records Josheph’s interpretation of Pharoah’s dream. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream. No-one can tell me what it means.” “I can’t do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh. “But God will give Pharaoh the answer he wants.” Then Pharaoh told Joseph what he had dreamed… “God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. The seven good cows are seven years. And the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The seven thin, ugly cows that came up later are also seven years. So are the seven worthless heads of grain dried up by the east wind. They are seven years when there won’t be enough food in Egypt… God will do it soon… So Pharaoh should give authority to store up the grain and keep it in the cities for food to use later. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “God has made all this known to you… You will be in charge of my palace. All my people must obey your orders.”

Matthew 6:25-34. Jesus said, “Do not worry about your life and what you will eat or drink. And do not worry about your body and what you will wear. Is not there more to life than eating? Are there not more important things for the body than clothes? Look at the birds of the air. They do not plant or gather crops. They do not put away crops in storerooms. But your Father who is in Heaven feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are? …Your faith is so small! Do not say, ‘What will we eat?’ Or, ‘What will we drink?’ Or, ‘What will we wear?’ People who are ungodly run after all those things. Your Father who is in Heaven knows that you need them. But put God’s Kingdom first. Do what He wants you to do. Then all those things will also be given to you. So do not worry about tomorrow. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

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What Fred said in his Bible teaching

These are extracts from Manna Publications Bible teaching commentaries by the late Fred Morris, based on the easy English NIrV Bible.

Weekend of 3rd/4th April 2025

Mark Chapter 12: The religious leaders ask Jesus a trick question

The parable of the tenant farmers was a clear warning that some of the religious leaders were not obedient to the LORD God Almighty nor believing in His long-promised Messiah.

Soon after this, they made their plans to arrest Him and kill Him. They did not believe that Jesus had authority to say these things (Mark 11:28). They did not know or believe that God had given Jesus authority.

Some Pharisees and Herodians met together and tried to trap Jesus by His words and answers (12:13). They did not agree with each other about religious laws and state laws. However, they untied together against Jesus because they knew that the people did not like the taxes they had to pay to the Romans. So they asked Jesus what He thought about the Roman tax.

Jesus knew they wanted to trap Him. If He said “Yes, pay the tax” the people would be angry. If He said “Do not pay the tax” these leaders would report Him to King Herod. So He said to them, “Why are you trying to trap [test] Me? Bring Me a coin” (12:15).

They gave Him a silver coin. Roman coins had an image of the face of the Roman Emperor Caesar on them.

“Whose picture is this?” He asked. “Caesar’s”, they replied (12:16).

Then He said to them, “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God” (12:17). By this, Jesus showed that there are many ways in which we can obey our leaders and government without going against God’s laws. They were amazed at His answer. Even hypocrites can believe that Jesus teaches the truth from God. We too must never ignore the ungodly nor the self-righteous, as God wants to save them too, even when they unite together against us.

Extracted from “THE DEATH, RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST” Bible teaching commentary by Fred Morris, © 2002, 2020. [view here]

Our Prayers of praise to God

Father God and Creator in Heaven, we thank and praise You for Your love and mercy in forgiving and saving us through the sacrifice of Your Son and Saviour, Jesus the Christ and Messiah. Thank You for His promised Holy Spirit at work in the lives of those who repent and believe and among fellowships of true believers. Keep us faithful as Bible-believing witnesses of Your purpose in Christ to establish Your Kingdom on Earth as in Heaven. Forgive our disobedience, fears and doubts. Provide our daily needs while awaiting His return, and bring help and forgiveness to others through Christ's resurrection power and through Christ's compassion at work in our lives. Grant us perseverance during famines, plagues, storms and persecution as we study and teach and distribute Your Bible teaching.

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