In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be ashamed; in Your righteousness deliver me. Psalm 31:1 NASB 1995 Never be ashamed – It’s been almost four years since I wrote this study of Psalm 31. We covered every verse in that month. Four years later I wonder if anything has really changed. Maybe…
Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. 2 Corinthians 12:7-8 NASB…
for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher 2 Timothy 1:11 NASB 1995 Was appointed – According to one source,[1] Paul wrote about 28 percent of the “New Testament.” That source, however, included the letters to the Hebrews as Pauline which is most likely not the case. So, you might…
Then David said, “No one is to carry the ark of God except the Levites; for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve Him forever.” 1 Chronicles 15:2 NASB Except – If you grew up in any of the Protestant denominations, you’re probably familiar with the doctrinal statement about the “priesthood of…
And I put sleep into him and he fell asleep. And I took from him A rib, and created him a wife, that death should come to him by his wife, and I took his last word and called her name mother, that is to say, Eva (Eve). 1 Enoch 30:16 Death should come to…
saying, “Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done.” Luke 22:42 NASB But – Sitting in the restaurant bar waiting for a table. Enjoying the conversation with another couple. Suddenly the man gets up, goes to the wall and adjusts a picture that isn’t perfectly…
When Jacob finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. Genesis 49:33 NASB Gathered to his people – I stand in the window of the second floor apartment in Glenview, looking at the snow. Suddenly I begin to cry. To shake. My whole life…
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Genesis 3:1 NIV Serpent – Some years ago I shared a lecture session with Michael Heiser, author of The Unseen Realm: Recovering…
Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. Exodus 24:9-10 NASB Saw – There’s just one little problem. “‘But,’ he said, ‘you cannot see my face,…
All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; 2 Timothy 3:16 NASB Teaching/ rebuke/ correction/ training – Paul tells us the purpose of “inspired Scripture.” He’s quite deliberate about it, but did you notice what is strikingly absent? Let’s see. Scripture is useful for “teaching.” Didaskalía, that…
