Passionate Productivity

And YHWH Elohim took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to work it and to keep it. Genesis 2:15 Work – What kind of work do you do?  I’m not asking about your occupation.  I mean what is the relationship between what you do and who you are.  What category of…

Gender Idolatry

“No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other.” Matthew 6:24 Serve – Yeshua is pretty clear about divided loyalty.  No one, man or woman, can serve two masters.  The Greek word used here is douleuo, a…

Propósito Redentor

Y dile: “El SEÑOR, el Dios de los hebreos, me ha enviado a ti, diciendo: ‘Deja ir a mi pueblo para que me sirva en el desierto. Mas he aquí, hasta ahora no has escuchado.’ Éxodo 7:16 Sirva – ¿Cómo sería si éste versículo dijese, “para que trabajen por mi”? ¿Cambiaría tu comprensión del propósito…

Redemptive Purpose

and you shall say to him, “YHWH the God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, “Send away My people, so that they may serve Me in the wilderness.” Exodus 7:16 Serve – What if this verse said, “so that they may work for Me”?  Would that shift your understanding of God’s purpose? …

Prologue

Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was not man to cultivate the ground. Genesis 2:5 To Cultivate – If you ask someone to tell you the story of…

The Worship Curse

There you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, that cannot see or hear or eat or smell.  Deuteronomy 4:28 You Will Serve – Israel’s occupation of the Promised Land is completely conditional.  Their election as God’s people is completely unconditional.  God chooses and obligates Himself in the election of Israel, but Israel must…