Matthew, Session 41
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Matthew, Session 40
[audio:https://skipmoen.com/audio/matthew-40.mp3] (To listen, hit the Play button above, or right-click here, select “Save as…” and download the file to your computer.)
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Under The Covers
When YHWH first spoke through Hosea, YHWH said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry, and have children of harlotry; . . .” Hosea 1:2 Wife of Harlotry – Did God really tell Hosea to go find a prostitute to marry? That’s what the translation suggests and that is what most of…
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Yada, Yada, Yada (2)
YHWH is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who take refuge in Him. Nahum 1:7 Knows – Yada, the Hebrew verb for all kinds of knowing. From the intimacy of sexual intercourse to the exact count of coins in a bag, yada underscores our appreciation for the Hebrew unity…
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Yada, Yada, Yada (1)
For I desired loyal love, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6 Knowledge of God – Heschel points out that Hosea coins this expression, daath Elohim. The translation, “knowledge of God,” doesn’t do justice to the prophetic sense Hosea desires his audience to feel. That’s because yada (to…
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Doing Without
Better is a little with righteousness than great income with injustice. Proverbs 16:8 Injustice – Some things we can do without. This proverb tells us that one of those things is belo mishpat. We can do without “without justice.” While our translation provides us with the correct English equivalent, the Hebrew thought is made up…
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Yom Kippur
Do You Trust Him? Yom Kippur. On this day I have a chance to review my relationship with the Lord, to look deeply into the commitment I have made. What I find upsets me. What I find is riddled with compromise and conditions. I am not a man of clean hands and a pure heart. …
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Market Value
But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for YHWH, or offer a burnt offering which costs me nothing.” 1 Chronicles 21:24 Costs Me Nothing – Nancy Pearcey makes an astounding application of David’s principle. She says, “The…
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The Reorder
“Some remove the landmarks, . . .” Job 24:2 Landmarks – There is a great economic battle raging in the world. It is not the battle between capitalism and socialism, although the media would like you to believe it is. It is not the battle between personal liberty and state control. That is simply another…
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Basic Material
“O house of Israel, am I not able to do to you as did this potter?” declares YHWH.” Jeremiah 18:6 Potter – God sends Jeremiah to the potter’s house. Jeremiah witnesses the potter making a vessel from clay. But something happens. The vessel is ruined. What does the potter do? He starts again with the…
