Watch the path of your feet and all your ways will be established. Proverbs 4:26 NASB Will be established – It’s almost time for the world’s celebration of the pagan New Year. That means it’s almost time for the annual resolutions of self-improvement. But this year, let’s try something different. Let’s go back to the…
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live, and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Amos 5:14 ESV And so – In Hebrew, the letters Kaf-Nun can be the word ken or the particle kn. Sometimes it’s very hard to tell the difference. That’s when…
For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; Romans 8:29 NASB To become conformed – Are you being transformed into the character and behavior of Yeshua? Before you answer, you might want to carefully consider what…
Every man’s way is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts. Proverbs 21:2 NASB Right – “What is truth?” asked Pilate. He might as well have asked, “What is correct?” In his eyes, the truth and the cultural norms were relative. He only echoed what Solomon said centuries before. Everyone thinks…
For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. John 18:37 NASB To bear witness – Why did Yeshua come? What was His purpose? What did He accomplish? Far too often we jump to ready-made answers rather than even listening to His own…
For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. John 18:37 NASB This – An ordinary pronoun with an extraordinary meaning. Touto is the Greek pronoun for this. There is nothing spectacular about it. Except here. Here Yeshua says that His entire reason…
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1 NASB Imitators – Sometimes the perfect copy is as good as the original. This Greek word, mimetes, means, “to mimic,” but not in a bad way. It has the sense of being an exact copy of the original, the kind of…
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:14 ESV Be lifted up – When we first looked at this passage (November 21, 2012), we discovered that both the Greek text and the LXX translation use words that imply exultation, not remedies for sin. …
“It is not in the heavens, to say, ‘Who shall ascend into the heavens for us, and bring it to us, and cause us to hear it, so that we do it?’” Deuteronomy 30:12 ISR Ascend – Once upon a time we asked, “If the sacrifice for sin occurred on the heavenly altar, then what…
Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? James 2:5 NASB Poor – James was only kidding, right? Who could really imagine that God chose the poor? Especially when these days everyone…
