The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from [a]joy over it he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field. Matthew 13:44 NASB Hidden in a field – Stop reading this parable as if it were about some ethereal spiritual realm far removed from…
For I have said, “Graciousness will be built up forever; in the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness.” Psalm 89:2 NASB Graciousness – I don’t mind telling you that this translation misses the point entirely. “Graciousness” is not being built up forever. In fact, graciousness isn’t even part of this description of the coming Kingdom. The Hebrew…
Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs it down, but a good word makes it glad. Proverbs 12:25 NASB Anxiety – What is anxiety? A dictionary definition suggests the following: “a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.” Notice that this feeling isn’t about something that has already happened. You don’t feel anxiety about yesterday’s hurricane. Nor do you…
Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is…
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7 NIV Law – Yesterday we introduced an interesting mathematical puzzle concerning the occurrences of tôrâ. Today we’ll look more seriously at the scope of this most-important word. In general, tôrâ as a verb falls into two categories. The…
The law of the Lord is perfect, refreshing the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple. Psalm 19:7 NIV Law – Anyone who reads Today’s Word knows that the Hebrew word for the translation “law” is tôrâ. Perhaps you also know that the Greek translation is typically nómos, found throughout the apostolic writings. If we consult…
Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, and one who hurries [a]his footsteps [b]errs. Proverbs 19:2 NASB Errs – “Err” is a funny word. Just the look of it is odd. In this biblical translation, it’s used for the Hebrew ḥāṭāʾ (חָטָא), the most common word for “sin.” That causes the NKJV…
God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” Genesis 1:28 NASB To them – This is the first time…
And if your eye is causing you to sin, throw it away; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be thrown into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished. Mark 9:47-48 NASB Hell – Rather than read something I wrote, let’s take…
Remember, please, the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples; Nehemiah 1:8 NASB The word which You commanded – Nehemiah is a personal account of the effort to reconstruct fallen Jerusalem. It’s a vivid, compelling, intensive story of one man’s fervent desire to restore…
