Amy Lynne Jung

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation, Week 4: The Importance and Rewards, Day 2: The Mark of the Spirit of Truth

December 17, 2012

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Previtali, Andrea, Nativity, 1515-20

1 John 4:1-6

“4 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. ²By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation, Week 4: The Importance & Rewards, Day 1: It Confirms the Resurrection

December 16, 2012

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Lippi, Fra Filippo, Nativity,1467-69

Acts 2:24-32

^“24God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it. ²⁵For David says concerning him,

“‘I saw the Lord always before me,
for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
²⁶therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced;
my flesh also will dwell in hope.
²⁷For you will not abandon my soul to Hades,
or let your Holy One see corruption.
²⁸You have made known to me the…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation, Week 3: The Manifestation, Day 5: Burial and Resurrection

December 14, 2012

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Lotto, Lorenzo, Nativity, 1523

Matthew 27:59-60

⁵⁹And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen shroud ⁶⁰and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.

John 20:11-16

“¹⁵Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him,…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation, Week 3: The Manifestation, Day 4: Suffering and Death

December 13, 2012

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Honthorst, Gerrit van, Adoration of the Child, c. 1620

Luke 22:41-44

^“41And he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, ⁴²saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.” ⁴³And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. ⁴⁴And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”

Matthew 26:67-68

^“67Then they spit in his face…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation, Week 3: The Manifestation, Day 3: Submission, Obedience, Menial Acts, and Serving

December 12, 2012

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Greco, El, The Adoration of the Shepherds, c. 1610

Luke 2:46-51

⁴⁶After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.”…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation, Week 3: The Manifestation, Day 2: Hunger, Thirst, Weariness and Sleep

December 11, 2012

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Giotto, di Bondone, Nativity, 1310s

Matthew 4:1-4

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ²And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. ³And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” ⁴But he answered, “It is written,” ‘Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

John 19:28

^{28 “}After this, Jesus, knowing…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation, Week 3: The Manifestation, Day 1: Birth and Taking our Nature

December 10, 2012

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Ghirlandaio, Domenico, Adoration of the Shepherds,1483-85

Philippians 2:1-7

“So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, ²complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. ³Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. ⁴Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. ⁵Have…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation: Week 2: The Purpose, Day 5:To Become Our High Priest

December 7, 2012

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Saraceni, Carlo, The Birth of Christ, c.1610

Hebrews 7:24-28

^“24but he holds his priesthood permanently, because he continues forever. ²⁵Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.

²⁶For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. ²⁷He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily,…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation: Week 2: The Purpose, Day 4:To Fulfill All Righteousness and Become Our Example

December 6, 2012

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Multscher, Hans,The Birth of Christ,1437

Hebrews 7:26

²⁶For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

1 Peter 2:21-23

²¹For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. ²²He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. ²³When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he…

Beyond the Nativity, A Four Week Devotional on the Incarnation: Week 2: The Purpose, Day 3:To Die for Sins & Reconcile the World

December 5, 2012

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FLINCK, Govert Teunisz, Angels Announcing the Birth of Christ to the Shepherds, 1639

1 Peter 3:18

¹⁸For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

2 Corinthians 5:18-21

¹⁸All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; ¹⁹that is, in Christ God…

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