One who walks with integrity, practices righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart. Psalm 15:2 NASB In his heart – “Speaks truth in his heart.” What is that? Unvoiced agreement? Inner affirmation? What good is it in the public arena to speak the truth in the heart? If you don’t say a word, who would know? What…
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, he who rejects unjust gain and shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; he who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; Isaiah 33:15 NASB Speaks with sincerity – Sometimes a translation, even if correct, is so loaded with…
Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. Genesis 1:3 NASB Said – Why is the Genesis account of creation so radically different than other ancient accounts? It’s not because the Genesis story is the only story of creation. All the ancient societies had creation myths. The difference is the mechanics of creation. Genesis portrays the beginning of the world with sounds. God…
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 NASB Desert – Life in the house of God is not what the world imagines. Heaven on earth has very little to do…
Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, Numbers 1:1 NASB In the wilderness– ye’dibber’ YHVH el moshe bemidbar. Where did this conversation occur? Bemidbar—in the wilderness. That setting…
For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. 2 Peter 1:4 NASB Promises – What’s your credit score? It’s a number that determines the risk banks are…
But the word of the Lord abides forever. 1 Peter 1:25 and Isaiah 40:8 NASB Word – Since this New Testament reference is a quotation from an Old Testament verse, we can look at both the Greek and the Hebrew. The Greek word is rhema. The Hebrew word is dabar. Both words mean “to speak,…
He subdues peoples under us and nations under our feet. Psalm 47:3 NASB Subdues – You wouldn’t notice it in English, but there are a lot of unusual things about this song of praise. The first oddity is David’s choice of amim for “peoples.” Since David describes the triumph of God’s chosen over the other…
I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, the house of bondage. Exodus 20:2 JPS I am – Before we can look into this verse and this word (anoki), we have to step backward, to the first verse in the twentieth chapter. Why? Because there is something unusual…
“I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” John 8:26 I Heard From Him – Read the verse again. Then ask yourself, “How would I understand this verse if I were…
