Setting Him Up

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.” Job 1:8  NASB No one – God lifts the veil.  Job is happily—and righteously—going about his life, being the faithful servant he desires to be.  It’s God who draws…

Sympatico

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…

The Mountain God?

I will raise my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come?  Psalm 121:1 NASB From where – Does David really think God’s help will come from the mountains?  Is he just another version of the pagan idea of territorial gods, or the Canaanite religion of the mountain god, El?  Surely not!  David isn’t asking…