So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Exodus 2:24 NASB Remembered – American Christianity is unique in its stress on the victorious life, its expectation of rescue at any moment, its theology of personal salvation, its assumption of assured deliverance, and its spiritualization of Kingdom battles. In…
Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. Deuteronomy 5:12 NASB Observe – One of my dear friends sent me an article about the two Sabbath commands. The other one is the more familiar verse, Exodus 20:8. But if you read them side by side, you realize (especially…
“My sacrificial gifts they offer in sacrifice and they eat flesh.” YHWH does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sin. They will return to Egypt. Hosea 8:13 (translation J. A. Dearman) Remember – We often think that once God forgives our sins, He forgets all about them. Maybe that…
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and judgments.” Malachi 4:4 Remember – Most of us don’t think of this verse when we think of the prophet Malachi. We think of this verse: “Bring all the tithe into the storehouse, so that there may…
“And I also have heard the groanings of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are enslaving. And I have remembered My covenant.” Exodus 6:5 Remembered – What did God remember? You’ll answer, “The covenant with Abraham, of course.” You’re right, but do you realize just what this implies? What is unique about the covenant…
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. Psalm 22:28 Turn – If there is one verb in Hebrew that summarizes God’s message to human beings, it is shuv. Used more than 1000 times in Hebrew Scripture, shuv has…
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before You. Psalm 22:28 (Hebrew text) Remember – Do you know the beginning of the 22nd Psalm? “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” That doesn’t sound like a victory song, does…
“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands;” Isaiah 49:16 Inscribed – It was common practice in ancient cultures to engrave laws and decrees on tablets of stone or metal. In this way, the permanence of the law was insured. This word (haqaq) means to carve or engrave or portray. It is…
