And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” Genesis 3:11 NASB Who told you – What is God’s tone of voice in this question? Is it harsh, condemning: “Who told you that you were NAKED? Have YOU EATEN from the tree?” Is…
They all wept as they embraced him and kissed him. Acts 20:37 NIV Wept– Most of the time we don’t know it’s the last time. Most of the time we simply assume there will be another time, just like this time, just like the last time. We imagine that today will be followed by tomorrow, much…
Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. Ephesians 4:32 NASB Tender-hearted– It’s hard to be tender-hearted. It might not seem that way with the ones we love, but the truth is that we often love the parts of those people that we find lovable. The rest we’re…
unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, 2 Timothy 3:3 NASB Malicious gossips– Paul chooses a very interesting word, a word we probably couldn’t imagine would be translated as “malicious gossips.” The word is diaboloi. It is the plural, nominative adjective of diabolos, the word that obviously is often translated “devil.” Is Paul suggesting…
When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You have ordained, what is man that You take thought of him and the son of man that You care for him? Psalm 8:3-4 NASB Take thought – David spent many nights under the stars. Without the disturbance of…
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We will not conceal them from our children, but tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wondrous works that He has done. Psalm 78:4 NASB Not conceal– What parent would even hide something vitally important and beneficial from a child? Actually, nearly all parents. You see, the culture of…
that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11 NASB Resurrection from the dead – About a week ago we looked at Paul’s expression concerning resurrection in Romans 1 (see August 12). We discovered that…
If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. 1 Corinthians 15:32 NASB Raised– You hope it happens. You hope that the dead are raised, that there is something after the grave, that what you do now will matter later. But you don’t know, do you? You don’t really know,…
