“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you,” John 13:34 Love One Another – Jesus is an Old Testament expositor. When He describes the action that sets His followers apart from all others, He refers to a “renewed” old commandment. You will find the foundation…
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you,” John 13:34 Love One Another – One word does not say it all! In our society, almost everything that we describe by the verb “love” is based on Greek concepts. Our possessive desires (“I love that dress”),…
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you,” John 13:34 Love One Another – Marriage is our best living evangelistic billboard. In fact, it just might be the only one that God actually commissioned. If the essence of Christian community is found in Yeshua’s commandment…
A psalm of thanksgiving. Shout joyfully to YHWH, all the land. Psalm 100:1 (Hebrew text numbering) Thanksgiving – This is a praise song (the meaning to the Greek word psalmoi) of todah (the Hebrew word for thanksgiving). In English translations, this introductory comment is relegated to tiny type and generally ignored, but in Hebrew it…
And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us;” Acts 15:8 Knows The Heart – Luke was a Greek physician. Therefore, many students of Scripture assume that Luke wrote to Greeks in Greek with Greek thought patterns. But the language Luke uses…
“Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God,” 1 Chronicles 22:19 Arise – How do you know if someone is truly seeking God? If your worldview is Hebraic, the answer is obvious. Look at what they do! While only God…
When a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall repay five cattle for an ox and four of a flock animal for a sheep. Exodus 21:37 Repay – The biblical principle of justice is straightforward and simple. Perpetrators repay victims. You will notice as you read the…
for He says, “At the acceptable time I listened to you, and on the day of salvation I helped you”; behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”; 2 Corinthians 6:2 The – Is it once upon a time or is it as an appropriate time? If you read the…
“You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name.” Deuteronomy 10:20 Cling – The marriage covenant is consistently portrayed as an example and a symbol of God’s covenant with His children. From Deuteronomy to Hosea, the Old Testament uses the relationship of…
Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit. Isaiah 11:1 Branch – You may not appreciate the message in this verse unless you live in Long Branch, New Jersey or North Branch, Minnesota or Olive Branch, Mississippi or West Branch, Iowa. Why? Because there…
