Scripture Union Daily Guide 4th September 2025: Brood of vipers!
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 4 September 2025 (Thursday)
Welcome to Scripture Union Daily Guide Devotional today. As you read, study and meditate, may the Lord Almighty reveal His essence to you in Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Scripture Union Daily Guide 4th September 2025 Today’s Devotional
Topic: Brood of vipers!
Opening Prayer
Grant me grace dear Lord to apply what you will teach me today as I read this passage.
Bible Text
Matthew 23:29-39
Meditation Question
► Q 1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 4th September 2025 Outline
We have here a picture of people who were thinking that they were better than their forefathers (Matthew 23:29-30). Unfortunately, they did not know what it meant to be the natural descendants of those wicked forefathers. They needed to repent to be different from them (Matthew 23:31,32). Note the metaphors Jesus used here to directly challenge them (Matthew 23:33). This was followed by a prophetic utterance (Matthew 23:34). Not only Jesus but many of Christ’s disciples were also, in line with this prophecy, flogged unjustly and brutally murdered – James, Stephen, Paul, are examples. “The dog that is set to get lost will not respond to the hunter’s whistle”.
Jerusalem was destroyed in 70 AD. Jesus came first for the nation of Israel, but He was not welcome just as the prophets who came before Him (Matthew 23:37-38). The Pharisees and the Scribes chose not to listen to Him. God deserted Israel and gave it over to the enemies as a punishment (Matthew 23:38). The word of God is proclaimed in different ways all over our continent. We also hear it clearly as we read and meditate on the Bible each day. Unless we listen attentively and act upon these words, we risk the same condemnation as Jerusalem.
And So
Except we repent we’ll face the same condemnation as the Pharisees and Scribes faced.
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
O LOVE THAT WILT NOT LET ME GO
1. O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
That in thine ocean depths its flow
May richer, fuller be.
2. O light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
3. O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain,
That morn shall tearless be.
4. O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
And from the ground there blossoms red
Life that shall endless be.
Closing Prayer
O Love that will not let me go; I rest my weary soul on Thee (George Matheson).
Prayer of Faith
Offer a prayer of faith in line with 2 Corinthians 4:18
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Ezekiel 16-18.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version: Ezekiel 25-27
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 4TH SEPTEMBER 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
TRAVELLING SECRETARIES.
“You did not choose me; I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruits, the kind that endures.’’ John 15:16
THANK GOD FOR:
* All the Traveling Secretaries in the Scripture Union formation, called to fulfill His purpose of re-building. • Grace and strength upon them to coordinate the work in their Areas. Pray for:
PRAY FOR:
* All who are sick for divine healing • Sufficient grace, strength, wisdom and insight for the work. • God’s provision upon them and their families • God’s help on their children to excel.
