The one who is not with Me is against Me; and the one who does not gather with Me scatters. Matthew 12:30 NASB Not – “Are you with Jesus?” That seems to be a rather common spiritual question in these times. But what does it mean? Yeshua offered an oblique answer, an answer that requires…
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. Psalm 139:2 NASB Thought – God knows it all, right? He knows every thought you have, every fleeting desire, every inclination, every unvoiced declaration. We all agree. God knows us—perhaps better than we know ourselves. After all, He is the omniscient external…
O Lord, You have searched me and known me. Psalm 139:1 NASB Searched – Does anyone really know you? Do you really know yourself? If the research into personality and identity formation is correct, we would be inclined to answer both of these questions with, “No.” There are some really good reasons why this is the case. First,…
28 Let your gentle spirit be known to all people. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5 NASB Gentle spirit – What is the biblical idea of “gentle spirit”? Is it meekness, sympathy, benevolence, a demure attitude, a light touch? If those are your synonyms, what you do think about Moses, Jeremiah, Peter? Would you say they had gentle…
“Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.” Matthew 12:31 NASB Woe to those who call evil, good; and good, evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20…
But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do. James 1:6-8 NIV Doubt –…
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NIV Created – How are we to read the opening chapter of Genesis? With our current cause-and-effect model of existence? Or with the eyes of an ancient society surrounded by various gods? Is Genesis 1 an explanation of the origin of our cosmos even if it…
