Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless.” Genesis 17:1 NASB Before – El Shaddai speaks to Abram. Let’s think about this opening phrase for a moment. First there is the issue with the meaning of “El Shaddai.”…
“I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one.” John 17:15 NASB Take them out – Hedonism, cynicism and stoicism: the lethal combination of worldviews that defines our culture. Hedonism—the pursuit of personal pleasure coupled with the belief that happiness is the…
“I am El Shaddai. Walk in My ways and be blameless.” Genesis 17:1 (JPS commentary on Genesis) El Shaddai – Certainly you realize that God’s personal name, revealed in Exodus 4, has been vocally lost. Yod-Hey-Vav-Hey are the consonants of that name, but the actual vocalization of this name disappeared in the Jewish reticence to…
Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, YHWH appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty, walk before Me, and be blameless.” Genesis 17:1 Walk – Oswald Chambers knew the Lord. His insights continue to challenge believers decades after his death. One of his great concerns was the call to humility. As…
