Behold, the Lord YHWH will come with strength and His arm rules for Him. Isaiah 40:10 Rules – Isaiah chapter 40 is the great chapter of consolation. It begins with the wonderful proclamation, “Comfort, comfort My people.” The repeated Hebrew word nachmu puts emphatic stress on the consolation of the Lord. It is not just…
But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” Luke 9:62 Looking Back – “If you do not cut the moorings, God will have to break them by a storm and send you out.” Oswald Chambers was as harsh as…
June 22 “If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 Desire – Friedrich Nietzsche was a godless man, but godless men may still see quite clearly the…
Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, but happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18 Vision – I recently came across the very interesting comment (it’s worth quoting in full): “You have no doubt heard the biblical axiom, “Without a vision the people perish…” It is used often in an effort…
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service and to building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-12 Service – Now that we recognize that service is not optional, the question becomes,…
And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service and to building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4:11-12 Equipping – Why did the Lord provide the Body with all of these gifted…
“If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 Do Well – Nahum Sarna has the appropriate comment about this text. He says that “it bristles with difficulties.” …
“If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 Sin – The first time we read the Hebrew word hatat (sin) is here in the story of Cain. …
and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 I Was Naked – Adam doesn’t say, “I was naked.” Oh, I know. That’s the way the text is translated because in order to make the verbs agree within the sentence,…
and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 Afraid – We know this word. We just don’t know it in this context. It is yare, the verb that means “to fear, to respect, to reverence and to be afraid.” …
