Wash me thoroughly from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 NASB Wash/ cleanse – David employs two verbs in this verse. They don’t mean the same thing. The first, translated “wash,” is kābaš. “This root occurs fifty-one times, all in verbal forms. Of these, all but nine appear in the Pentateuch, thirty-one…
Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge. Psalm 51:4 NASB You only – When we read this verse, we are often offended. We think to ourselves, “Wait a minute! David’s saying that the only one he offended…
Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; according to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings. Psalm 51:1 NASB Wipe out – Do you know the pseudepigraphical “Prayer of Manasseh”? Perhaps you should. Here it is: O Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous…
Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, . . Joshua 8:30-31 NASB Then – The Torah is not a chronological account of Israel’s exploits. In…
Listen to the word of the Lord, you sons of Israel, because the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land, for there is no faithfulness, nor loyalty, nor knowledge of God in the land. There is oath-taking, denial, murder, stealing, and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed. Hosea 4:1-2 NASB Employ violence – Are you addicted? Ah, then you need to…
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?” Job 38:4-5 NIV Surely you know! – That’s the rub, isn’t it? Here we are recognizing in good pagan fashion the endless repetition of the universe. Once more…
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 NASB) This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. (Genesis 2:4 NASB) God/ Lord God – As you probably know, the first verse of Genesis uses the term ʾĕlōhîm to designate…
Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them had fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword. Joshua 8:24 NASB Until…
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – Have you considered the other side of freedom? To be free is to be at risk. There is no such thing as a guarantee when freedom is involved. Free choice always means alternative results. The only thing that prevents…
