The Difficult Verses (1)

You have rejected all those who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is useless.  Psalm 119:118  NASB Rejected – This is a verse we might want to erase, especially after a few centuries in the evangelical world.  Is it true that God has rejected all those who do not follow His ḥōq?  Remember what ḥōq means? …

The End in View

Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, like a warrior overcome by wine.  He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting disgrace.  He also rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, but chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.  Psalm 78:65-68  NASB Rejected – Now the politics comes…

Flunking Out

And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, 1 Peter 2:4 NASB Rejected – We often wonder if we are really worthy of being followers of the Messiah. After all, we know our faults so well. We think…