The Nature of Knowing

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.”  Matthew 24:36  NASB No one knows – oudeis oiden – not a single being has complete knowledge of.  Except the Father.  No one at all understands fully, intuitively when that day and hour…

The Final Days

“But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.”  Matthew 24:36  NASB No one knows – “Prophecy Expo Presents: The Final Days – An Intelligent Look into Bible Prophecy” coming to a city near you.  That’s the advertisement I received in the…

Seventy-seven Times

 Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.  2 Chronicles 33:13  NASB Knew – How many times will you commit the same offense before God turns His back? How terrible must your sins be before God will not forgive?  Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai suggested that God might have ordained the terrible sins of David and…

“Incorrect” Theology

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”  John 14:6  (J. Green) Truth – God does what He says He will do.  He is the ultimate promise-keeper.  That’s why Moses can call God emunah – faithful.  But emunah is also…

Pillow Talk

and said to the men, “I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.” Joshua 2:9  NASB I know – How did Rahab know?  How did  she know that these men…

Certainty

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that you may know that you have eternal life. 1 John 5:13  NASB In the name – Don’t you want to be sure?  Don’t you want to know for certain?  Of course you do.  All of…

Opening The Door

For God knows that in the day you eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:5 (my translation) Knowing – Adam opened the door.  That’s the way Paul puts it in his letter to the Roman congregation.  “As by one man sin…

Divine Knowing

“He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well.  Is this not to know Me?” says YHWH. Jeremiah 22:16 Know – What does it mean to know God?  The quick answer in our culture is “having a personal relationship with Him.”  And what does that mean?  A reference to a point…

Enlightenment

For since in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. I Corinthians 1:21 Did Not Come To Know – A difficult verse to translate.  A difficult phrase too.  It is ouk…

How We Know

Or when he touches human uncleanness – any such uncleanness whereby one becomes unclean – and, though he has known it, the fact has escaped him, but later he realizes his guilt; Leviticus 5:3 Known – Leviticus describes proper worship.  Its rituals and regulations govern the procedures for maintaining purity before the Lord in order…