When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice. Deuteronomy 4:30 NASB All these things – The myth of eternal return is upon us. In the Western world, we start again. We finish the past cycle and hope for…
A perverse heart shall depart from me, I will know no evil. Psalm 101:4 NASB I will know – End of the Roman calendar year. Most people are making some sort of resolution. Usually these last but a short time and the ordinary routine returns. Most resolutions are statements of positive self-improvement. I have a…
Maybe over the years I have provided some pithy words worth remembering. As we approach the end of this year, I thought you might like a short collection: To give God glory is to second His thoughts. That means bringing my mind into alignment, acting according to His opinions. That means setting aside my own…
I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. John 17:15 NASB Out of the world – Why do you suppose God doesn’t rescue us? The world is a terrible place. Evil is everywhere. It would be so much better to leave it all and arrive on…
Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? He puts no trust even in His servants; and against His angels He charges error. How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth! Job 4:17-19 NASB How much more – “There…
I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’ John 1:33 NASB This is the One – The prophets spoke God’s word to the people. The apostles commented…
To give to His people the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, Luke 1:77-78a NASB Tender mercy – Luke’s use of the Greek splánchnon marks one of the few occasions where this word appears in the Synoptic gospels. Interestingly, it is not a word found in the…
The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob, “Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. Because of this will not the land quake and everyone who dwells in it mourn?” Amos 8:7-8a NASB Never forget – For most of the Western world this is the holy night. We go to Mass, sing hymns, and thank God that we’re saved…
for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Romans 10:10 NASB (1963) Resulting – You’ll need to read a few other English translations of this verse to see the issue. “For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one…
that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; Romans 10:9 NASB As – This is one of the crucial verses that we had to memorize when I was a child. It is Paul’s statement about how to…
