But of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one were born in her”; And the Most High Himself will establish her. The Lord will count when He registers the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah Psalm 87:5-6 NASB Born there – Football in Italy is a religion (that’s “soccer” for Americans). The rivalry between teams is…
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is life not more than food, and the body more than clothing?” Matthew 6:25 NASB Do not be worried – We often read Yeshua’s words in…
I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one. John 17:15 NASB Take them out – I don’t know about you, but I would just as soon have had Yeshua skip this request. In fact, in my earlier years I would think to…
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from [a]joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field. Matthew 13:44 NASB Hidden in a field – Stop reading this parable as if it were about some ethereal spiritual realm far removed from…
They will not teach again, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord, “for I will forgive their wrongdoing, and their sin I will no longer remember.” Jeremiah 31:34 NASB They will all know Me – Yeshua…
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. Matthew 6:33 NASB Will be provided – For many years I started my day with a page from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest. My copy in the original 19th century English is so worn that the covers are…
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. Matthew 6:33 NASB Kingdom – What does it mean to seek the Kingdom of God? The answer might surprise you because it depends on a shift in paradigms that occurred more than two millennia ago. In the early days of Hellenism,…
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” Mark 1:15 NASB Kingdom of God – What is the gospel? It’s the “good news,” right? I mean, that’s what euangélion means—“good news.” And what is the “good news”? In the Christian West the answer is usually something…
However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. Romans 8:9 NASB If indeed – eiper (εἴπερ) is an exclamation point in Greek. It is used to intensify an expression. Paul…
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.” Luke 4:18-19 NASB He…
