April 5

Read / Listen
Deuteronomy 28:1-68
Luke 11:14-36
Psalm 77:1-20
Proverbs 12:18

New Testament

Luke 11:14-36

Summary

Jesus and Beelzebul
Return of an Unclean Spirit
True Blessedness
The Sign of Jonah
The Light in You

True Blessedness

While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.” But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” ~ Luke 11:27-28

On the contrary. This has the sense of, “Yes, but rather . . .” While not denying the blessedness of Mary, Christ did not countenance any tendency to elevate Mary as an object of veneration. Mary’s relationship to Him as His physical mother did not confer on her any greater honor than the blessedness of those who hear and obey the word of God. ~ John MacArthur

The Sign of Jonah