I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging bread. Psalm 37:25 NASB Not seen – Perhaps David was senile or maybe he suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. No matter what the excuse, his claim is preposterous. Is there any person alive who hasn’t seen the…
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” Matthew 19:21 NASB Complete – Yeshua was no financial planner. His advice would probably have caused a federal investigation and charges of deceptive practices….
“For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?’ Nor is it beyond the…
Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.” Genesis 17:1 NASB Before – El Shaddai speaks to Abram. Let’s think about this opening phrase for a moment. First there is the issue with the meaning of “El Shaddai.”…
“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.” John 17:15 NASB Take them out – “Judaism is God’s perennial question-mark against the condition of the world.”[1] God has invited us to be His partners in redeeming the world. That means we must question…
“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.” John 17:15 NASB Take them out – Hedonism, cynicism and stoicism: the lethal combination of worldviews that defines our culture. Hedonism—the pursuit of personal pleasure coupled with the belief that happiness is the…
“You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:17-18 ESV…
Declare the things that are going to come afterward, that we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together. Isaiah 41:23 NASB Going to come afterward – God challenges pretenders to His throne. “Tell us what is going to come afterward.” If…
“My beloved extended his hand through the opening, and my feelings were aroused for him.” Songs of Songs 5:4 NASB Through the opening – There’s a reason why Song of Songs is treated as allegory by both the Christian and Jewish worlds. That reason could be summarized in this verse; a verse that quite literally…
You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths. Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness.In you they have uncovered their fathers’ nakedness; in you they have humbled her who…
