Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 NASB Flee – Paul is quite direct in his instructions to believers when it comes to the sexual atmosphere in ancient Corinth. Run away! Don’t try to take a stand for what is…
He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s slave woman, from where have you come, and where are you going?” And she said, “I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai.” Genesis 16:8 NASB From the presence – How easy it is to forget that Hebrew is concrete! Removing the physical element by translating according to our social…
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord . . . Jonah 1:3a NASB To flee – Everyone know the Jonah story. Probably everyone knows, or thinks that they know, the Sampson story as well. We have those Sunday school memories of the whale (big fish) and the long hair of the…
Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 NASB Flee– Paul is quite direct in his instructions to believers when it comes to the sexual atmosphere in ancient Corinth. Run away! Don’t try to take a stand for what is right. Don’t try…
Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? Psalm 139:7 NASB Flee– “Basically bāraḥ means to go or pass through, and to flee or hurry. It occurs mostly in narratives, referring to flight from an enemy.”[1] But how can this be true in this psalm? Is God the enemy? Do we…
Now flee youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Youthful lusts – Movies of passion, speed and (most of the time) illegal behavior. Perhaps that’s why the Vin Diesel classics appeal. We would all like to think that…
That night, sleep deserted the king, and he ordered the book of records, the annals, to be brought; and it was read to the king. Esther 6:1 JPS Deserted – The story of Esther is much more like our experiences of life than the chronicles of Acts. In Esther, life appears to be made up…
Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 NASB Flee – When to run, when to stand and fight? That’s a moral question most of us will face at one time or another. Paul instructs Timothy that…
Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue after righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22 Flee – In most poverty-stricken areas of the world, “numbers” is a game of irrational hope. The only ones who profit from this form of gambling are the…
