But all things must be done properly and in an orderly way. 1 Corinthians 14:40 NASB Orderly Way – Order. Routine. Standardization. That’s what we need, right? None of the chaotic fervor of spiritual excitement. Oh, no! Even Paul asked for proper taxis (arrangement). When we read his instructions to the Corinthian assembly, we’re likely to…
Hear my prayer, Lord! And let my cry for help come to You. Psalm 102:1 NASB Cry for help – Isn’t punctuation wonderful? With these little extra characters in language, we can convey the emotional context of a sentence. Just imagine what writing would be like without ! or “ ”, or ? Why, you’d have to…
When God began to create heaven and earth—the earth being unformed and void, Genesis 1:1-2a Parsha: Bere’shit JPS Tagged Tanakh To create – Biblically-based religions are susceptible to a subtle but dangerous trap. They can easily become religions of the book rather than religions of the God revealed in the book. You and I, being familiar…
“ . . . to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their ungodly deeds which they have done in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” Jude 1:15 NASB Ungodly – Are you “all” or “some”? According to the inspired…
it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus, Luke 1:3 NASB From the beginning – When we investigated the translation of John 3:3, we discovered that the usual rendition, “born again,” is a mistranslation of the Greek…
November 12 What say we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may increase? Romans 6:1 NASB Sin – YHWH is a God of order. The Genesis account of creation is a bugle blast sounding order in the cosmos. Everything that YHWH does demonstrates ordered purpose. And the patterns that YHWH puts…
And YHWH Elohim said, “It is not good the man being alone. I will make for him an ‘ezer kenegdo. Genesis 2:18 ‘ezer kenegdo – The opening of the Bible is a declaration of God’s ordering the world. He is completely in control of all creation. His character is expressed in all that He does. …
“Some remove the landmarks, . . .” Job 24:2 Landmarks – There is a great economic battle raging in the world. It is not the battle between capitalism and socialism, although the media would like you to believe it is. It is not the battle between personal liberty and state control. That is simply another…
“for indeed, I am a man under authority” Luke 7:8 Under Authority – Are you under authority? Most believers would quickly assert that they are. After all, they serve the Lord. But perhaps we are a bit too quick to answer this question, principally because it is not a matter of attitude. It is a…
and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 Afraid – We know this word. We just don’t know it in this context. It is yare, the verb that means “to fear, to respect, to reverence and to be afraid.” …
