Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; if you find it, then there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. Proverbs 24:14 NASB Wisdom – Proverbs is the collection of wisdom sayings designed to awaken the reader and encourage contemplation that results in changes of behavior. Many proverbs are…
and having brought them forth, said, “Sirs, what must I do — that I may be saved?” Acts 16:30 Young’s Literal Translation Saved – How do you know you’re saved? If you realize that the Hebraic/Jewish world of the apostolic writings does not adopt the Platonic separation of the material (earth) and the spiritual (heaven)…
He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. Revelation 22:20 NASB Quickly – I don’t know about you, but it doesn’t seem too quickly to me. Two thousand years and counting. Maybe God’s idea of quick is completely irrelevant to ours. There are plenty of days when…
By Bob Gorelik The Torah was not “invented” at Mt. Sinai. Since it reflects the character of God, it was woven into the fabric of the universe at Creation. And, it is not just for the Jewish people. Not only are there seven principles, sometimes referred to as the “Noahide Commandments,” that all nations are…
For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 1 Corinthians 10:1-2 NASB Into – If you read these verses in the electronic version of the NASB,…
And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.” Revelation 4:8 NASB Was/is/is to come –…
One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” Titus 1:12 NASB Prophet – Once a student at the seminary refused to take my class on prayer because one of my required texts was by Henri Nouwen. Since Nouwen confessed that he struggled with homosexual thoughts, this…
Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving. Colossians 4:2 NASB Devote – Yes, it’s fine for Paul to say this. After all, he is a saint. But for you and me? No, devotion to prayer is just too much, especially when it includes “keeping alert.” I don’t know about…
“You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3 ESV You shall have no – When I visited the British Museum years ago, I bought a game about Egyptian hieroglyphics. It included many rubber stamps of hieroglyphs and an inkpad and provided instructions about constructing sentences by using these markings. Many years later when…
Therefore, the land mourns and all who dwell in it waste away; the animals of the field, the birds of the air, and even the fish of the sea are taken away. Hosea 4:3 (Dearman, NICOT) Mourns – God designed His creation with one thing in mind: response. Everything God did established the opportunity for…
