To know wisdom and instruction; to understand words of insight; to accept instruction in prudent behavior, to do what is right, and just, and fair Proverbs 1:2-3 To Know – What does it mean “to know wisdom?” Well, if you’re Greek, it means you apprehend information associated with a subject. In this case, the subject…
And said YHWH Elohim, “It is not good for man to be alone; I will make for him a [‘ezer kenegdo].” Genesis 2:18 ‘ezer kenegdo – The Bible was not written with chapter and verse numbers. Those were added thousands of years later. Unfortunately, their addition often breaks our thinking about the text so that…
Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You. Psalm 16:1 (English text) Take Refuge – Do you really want God to give you shelter? Guess what? Unless you are Jonah, you will have to do something in order for that to happen. David doesn’t cry out and then sit around waiting for God…
for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God Hebrew 11:10 Looking For – You could say that Abraham was a man without direction. He spent most of his life following a God toward a place he never arrived. He demonstrated his faith by obedience in spite of…
All flesh is grass, and all its grace as the flower of the field. Isaiah 40:6 Grass – “The difference between truth and fiction is that fiction has to make sense.” So said the ex-Communist colonel in the recent film, The International. This is great script writing. We do expect our novels to make sense. …
“Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die” Albert King Evangelical Christianity has convinced the world that the goal of salvation is a ticket to heaven. Nothing could be further from the truth. Albert King, one of the great blues guitar players, performed a classic rendition of The Sky Is…
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. 1 John 5:3 Burdensome – It’s a real dilemma, isn’t it? John, under the inspiration of the Spirit, tells us that the summation of God’s love is found in keeping His commandments. He doesn’t say keeping the…
Therefore, let no one act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or Sabbath days Colossians 2:16 No One – Every letter Paul wrote fits into the cultural context of the audience he addressed. The first principle of biblical interpretation is to determine…
This is how we know we are in him: whoever claims to live in him must walk as Yeshua did. 1 John 2:5-6 (NIV) Walk – It seems pretty clear, doesn’t it? John says that if we claim to be in Christ, we must walk as He did. The Greek verb, peripateo, is a nice…
according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets Romans 16:25-26 Mystery – “Why don’t they see it?” The question concerned the Jews, but it could just as easily be applied to anyone who finds the claims…
