Daily DEVOTIONAL

Luke 4:1-12: It Is Written

June 11, 2025

1 Kings 17-18, Psalm 119:81-88, Luke 4:1-12, Ephesians 5:22-33 Luke 4:1-12: Jesus now, fulfilling the calling of being the perfect Son, the son that Israel failed to be, goes into the desert, as Israel did for forty years, and fasts as Moses did for forty days, and yet was entirely and completely without sin—so that in his life,…

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