Now there was a day when the [b]sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and [c]Satan also came among them. Job 1:6 NASB Satan – A few footnotes tells you that the phrase “sons of God” and the noun “Satan” are modern interpretations of the ancient ambiguous Hebrew text. A lot of milage has been…
When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send word to them and consecrate them, getting up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did so continually. Job 1:5 NASB Continually – Literally, “all the…
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. Job 1:1 NASB Blameless – Job certainly must be fiction. How else could we possibly understand the description of a man who is blameless, upright, and God-fearing? Does such a man really exist? The…
You are to keep My statutes. You shall not cross-breed two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment of two kinds of material mixed together. Leviticus 19:19 NASB You shall not wear a material of wool and linen combined together. Deuteronomy 22:11 NASB Two…
So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. John 8:36 NASB Free – Why does the biblical worldview seem so impossible to put into practical application? How can Yeshua say that we should not worry about tomorrow, that we should constantly forgive, that we are not to calculate the requests and demands…
“But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’” Luke 14:18 NIV Excuses – Let’s see if we can list those holy-sounding excuses we use to not serve God. I have to wait for an open door. …
Then He poured water into the basin, and began washing the disciples’ feet and wiping them with the towel which He had tied around Himself. John 13:5 NASB Washing – Today I was reading Oswald Chamber’s and I saw this passage: “The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel but washing the disciples’…
The one who is not with Me is against Me; and the one who does not gather with Me scatters. Matthew 12:30 NASB Not – “Are you with Jesus?” That seems to be a rather common spiritual question in these times. But what does it mean? Yeshua offered an oblique answer, an answer that requires…
You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. Psalm 139:2 NASB Thought – God knows it all, right? He knows every thought you have, every fleeting desire, every inclination, every unvoiced declaration. We all agree. God knows us—perhaps better than we know ourselves. After all, He is the omniscient external…
O Lord, You have searched me and known me. Psalm 139:1 NASB Searched – Does anyone really know you? Do you really know yourself? If the research into personality and identity formation is correct, we would be inclined to answer both of these questions with, “No.” There are some really good reasons why this is the case. First,…
