Today’s Word

Today’s Word

  • “Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus”

    Do we then nullify the Law through faith?  May it never be!  On the contrary, we establish the Law.  Romans 3:31  NASB Establish – In the 1800’s Duffield and Webb combined their talents to produce a hymn that became a standard battle cry of the Christian army of saints.  I don’t know if Duffield and…

  • Chain of Command

    And when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”  Luke 7:9  NASB Not even in – The centurion exhibited something Yeshua didn’t find among His own people.  Even He was…

  • Provoked to Jealousy

    if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow-countrymen and save some of them.  Romans 11:14  NASB Move – What have we done?  That ought to be the paramount question for our time.  I don’t mean what have we done to human dignity, social engineering, planetary capitalism, and the suicide of integrity.  I mean what…

  • The Chicken or the Egg

    “and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”  Matthew 6:12  NASB Have forgiven – Read this carefully.  Most of us learned this verse, and the prayer, in some version of the King James.  Unfortunately, the King James didn’t make the tense of the verb very clear.  “As we forgive” (KJV) could…

  • Picture Hanger

    “The whole law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.”  Matthew 22:40  (R. T. France) Hang – How do all the Law and the Prophets hang on these two?  What exactly is the relationship?  If you were reading this in Greek, you would notice something odd.  The verb here (kremannumi) is a lengthened form…

  • Melanchthon Lives

    “The whole law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.”  Matthew 22:40  (R. T. France) Whole – How much of the Torah hangs on the two weightier commandments “love God” and “love your neighbor”?  Holos – all of it!  Agreed?  Now think about what this means.  If Yeshua is correct, then every one of…

  • The Shema in Action

    “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”  Matthew 22:36  (R. T. France) Which – The question wasn’t a simple inquiry.  The lawyer who asked it intended to set a trap.  Perhaps you’ve encountered questions like this one.  They seem to be about true spiritual concerns, but under the surface they are really designed…

  • With One Small Addition

     Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD?  Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams.  For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry.”  1 Samuel 15:22-23  NASB…

  • I’ve Had It!

    So Moses said to the LORD, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant?  And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?  Was it I who conceived all this people?  Was it I who brought them forth, that You should…

  • A Reasonable Conclusion

    “If therefore the Son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed.”  John 8:36  NASB Therefore – Don’t we love this verse!  I hear it all the time.  “Jesus set me free.”  “I’m free because Jesus died for me.”  The great mantra of the Western world is “Freedom!”  Of course, none of us bother…