“Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker– An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’ Or the thing you are making say, ‘He has no hands’”? Isaiah 45:9 NASB Quarrels – Have you argued with God lately? Watch out! According to some…
I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. Psalm 119:75 NASB You have afflicted me – We give the devil way too much credit. If something bad happens, he is to blame. If we are tempted, he is responsible. Tragedies and horrors follow in his wake….
And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” Matthew 4:3 NASB If – Tiny words cause big problems if you and I don’t notice them. This tiny word is ei (if). “If you are the Son of God.” Just a little suggestion…
The word of the Lord which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. Hosea 1:1 NASB Word of the Lord – If I asked you, “What is God’s word?” how…
Then the LORD said to Moses, Numbers 7:4 ESV (said) – Things happen in Hebrew that never make it into translation. You know all about the ‘et, that particle in Hebrew that designates the next word in the sentence is the direct object. Never translated. Then along come Messianics and make a very big deal…
“Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! Deuteronomy 6:4 NASB One – Paradigms, paradigms, paradigms. Everywhere we look, people operate according to paradigms. “Evidence” is a function of presupposed paradigmatic expectations. Once I have made up my mind about a worldview, I will find all the evidence I need to…
“ . . . to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” Jude 1:15 NASB Ungodly – Are you “all” or “some”? According to the inspired…
It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, Jude 1:14 NASB Enoch – According to some theological schools of thought, Scripture is the only true basis for interpreting Scripture. In other words, if I want to…
For the body is not one member, but many. 1 Corinthians 12:14 NASB Not one member – Everyone is familiar with Paul’s analogy of the body. In his letter to the believers in Corinth, Paul goes to great lengths to impress upon this rowdy bunch that their lives must reflect the compassion, grace and obedience…
Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. Daniel 3:19 NASB Abed-nego – Daniel’s friends had Hebrew names. We just don’t remember them by their real names. We remember…
