Kevin Smith

  • Matthew 1:1-17

    The five women listed in Jesus's genealogy would all have been viewed with scorn in their culture. Tamar seduced Judah (but she was the one in the right), Rahab was a prostitute who came to faith, Ruth…

    Created 3 months ago

    Matthew 1:3 (ESV), Matthew 1:5 (ESV), Matthew 1:6 (ESV), Matthew 1:16 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed 3 Reading Plans

    2012-02-25

  • Revelation 16:21

    We have here an indication of why hell is to be an eternal punishment: the wicked will persist in their hatred of God, and continue to curse him.

    Created 3 months ago

    Revelation 16:9 (ESV), Revelation 16:21 (ESV)

  • Revelation 16:9

    This is a recurring theme in Revelation. The people recognise God's judgements, yet they refuse to repent and worship him. We see a philosophical defence of this mindset in our age: people judge God as…

    Created 3 months ago

    Revelation 16:9 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — 21-Day Challenge

    2012-02-24

  • Hebrews 13:15-16

    Hebrews 13:15-16 identifies three "sacrifices" that we can offer God under the new covenant: praising God, doing good, and sharing possessions. These are three ways to worship God, and they please him.…

    Created 3 months ago

    Hebrews 13:15 (ESV), Hebrews 13:16 (ESV)

  • Revelation 6:15-17

    The most powerful people on earth fleeing from the wrath of the Lamb! Two things are strange about this picture. First, they flee and plead for death, but they refuse to repent. Second, a fiercely angry…

    Created 3 months ago

    Revelation 6:15 (ESV), Revelation 6:16 (ESV), Revelation 6:17 (ESV)

  • Revelation 5:12-13

    This is one of the clearest texts in all of Scripture on the deity of Christ. He is worshipped in heaven in Rev. 5, just as the Father is worshipped in Rev. 4. Since only God may be worshipped...

    Created 3 months ago

    Revelation 5:12 (ESV), Revelation 5:13 (ESV)

  • Revelation 4:8

    It is interesting that the worshippers around the throne of God in heaven still cry "holy, holy, holy," and not "loving, loving, loving" or something similar about the kindness of God.

    Created 4 months ago

    Revelation 4:8 (ESV)

  • Hebrews 10:34-36

    Our great reward that he speaks about is not in this world. Those who "get it" can joyfully accept the plundering of their possessions (verse 34), because their "stuff" is not their reward! Do you live…

    Created 4 months ago

    Hebrews 10:34 (ESV), Hebrews 10:35 (ESV), Hebrews 10:36 (ESV)

  • Hebrews 9:14

    Scripture says that the blood of Christ purifies our conscience. How interesting! We know it purified our objective guilt before God, thus enabling us to be justified. This is a different thing though.…

    Created 4 months ago

    Hebrews 9:14 (ESV)

  • Hebrew 8:10

    Does your life reflect that the Lord has put his laws into your mind and written them on your heart? It is easy to proclaim that he is our God and we are his people, but the evidence that the claim is…

    Created 4 months ago

    Hebrews 8:10 (ESV)

  • Revelation 1:18

    What a comforting thought that Jesus has the keys of Death and Hades. I cannot imagine anyone else who should have them. They are in the hands of the One who loved us unto death, the One who is both sinless…

    Created 4 months ago

    Revelation 1:18 (ESV)

  • Hebrews 7:25

    What a thought. Jesus who died for us can save us because he is continually at the Father's side interceding for us. No doubt this means he is defending us on the basis of his atoning death by which he…

    Created 4 months ago

    Hebrews 7:25 (ESV)

  • Jude 5

    How interesting to see a major translation like the ESV favour the reading 'Jesus' here! Jesus led the Israelites out of Egypt--a strong association of Jesus with Yahweh.

    Created 4 months ago

    Jude 1:5 (ESV)

  • 1 Peter 5.7

    What an amazing truth and promise: we can cast all our cares upon the Lord, because he cares for us. It is not always easy to do.

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Peter 5:7 (ESV)

  • 1 Peter 1.13

    We should prepare our minds for action, that is, we should brace ourselves mentally for the struggles of life. We should be sober-minded, that is, we should have realistic expectations about life with…

    Created 4 months ago

    1 Peter 1:13 (ESV)

  • James 3.1

    This has always been a sobering verse for me, as I was called to teach God's Word. I have always felt constrained by the Spirit to do my very best to rightly divide God's Word (2 Tim. 2.15). Learning…

    Created 4 months ago

    James 3:1 (ESV)

  • James 2.24

    "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone" (Jas 2.24). This does not contradict Paul's teaching that we are justified by faith alone. We are justified by faith alone, but the…

    Created 4 months ago

    James 2:24 (ESV)

  • Ephesians 1.15-16

    It is amazing how Paul REJOICED in every church. He knew their faults and flaws, but he sincerely rejoiced in the fact that he could see God at work in and through them. What is more, Paul PRAYED fervently…

    Created 4 months ago

    Ephesians 1:15 (ESV), Ephesians 1:16 (ESV)

  • Galatians 6.14

    Galatians 6.14, "But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." The cross was oh so central in the life…

    Created 4 months ago

    Galatians 6:14 (ESV)

  • Phenom 12

    This is how Paul truly felt about one poor slave who became a brother! What a challenge to us. The great apostle was not keeping score of the thousands, he was loving the one. This one man, a nobody by…

    Created 4 months ago

    Philemon 1:12 (ESV)

  • Galatians 2.19

    Through the law I died to the law, i.e. the law showed me that I am too sinful to be save by keeping the law. Therefore, I abandoned all efforts to save myself by works.

    Created 4 months ago

    Galatians 2:14 (ESV), Galatians 2:19 (ESV)

  • Galatians 2.14

    Galatians 2:14 ESV, "But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel..." There us conduct that is consistent with the truth of the gospel, and conduct that is not. For Paul…

    Created 4 months ago

    Galatians 2:14 (ESV)

  • 2 Corinthians 13.3-4

    "He [Christ] is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you. For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God." Many people are in for a shock when they discover the real Jesus.…

    Created 4 months ago

    2 Corinthians 13:3 (ESV), 2 Corinthians 13:4 (ESV)

  • 2 Timothy 1.12

    Paul was not ashamed of Christ because he truly KNEW the Lord. If we really know the Lord and the life-changing power of the gospel, we cannot be ashamed of the name of Jesus Christ. If you are ashamed…

    Created 5 months ago

    2 Timothy 1:12 (ESV)

  • 1 Timothy 3.9

    Deacons ... must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. What are deacons? The supporting, non-governing levels of leadership in a local church. What is the mystery of the faith? In…

    Created 5 months ago

    1 Timothy 3:9 (ESV)

  • Earned a Badge — Completed First Reading Plan

    2012-01-06

  • Earned a Badge — Shared a Bible Reference

    2011-12-23

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes

    2011-12-18

  • Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan

    2011-12-18

  • Earned a Badge — Created 10 Highlights

    2011-10-24

  • Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note

    2011-07-17

  • John 19:21

    John 19:21 (ESV)
    So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.'"

    Created about 1 year ago

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  • Titus 1:8

    Titus 1:8 (GNTD)
    He must be hospitable and love what is good. He must be self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined.

    Created about 1 year ago

  • Acts 5:2

    Acts 5:2 (ESV)
    and with his wife's knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles' feet.

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Earned a Badge — Created Your First Bookmark

    2010-12-25

  • Galatians 4:1

    Galatians 4:1 (ESV)
    I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything,

    Created over 1 year ago

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  • Exodus 5:1

    Exodus 5:1 (ESV)
    Afterward Moses and Aaron went and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness.'"

    Created over 1 year ago

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