Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you, and will remove your lampstand out of its place – unless you repent. Revelation 2:5 NASB Remember – Do you remember those days, the days when you first experienced the joy…
In Hebrew there are really only two verb tenses; complete actions and incomplete actions. That’s because Hebrew “sees” the world with a completely different framework than Indo-European languages. It sees the world in terms of actions rather than time. Our Indo-European languages offer many more shades of meaning in verbs. We have past, present and…
Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; . . . Genesis 1:26 NASB Image – We have probably explored this verse twenty times (plus a full chapter in Guardian Angel). That might incline you to think we have plumbed its depths. Ah, the illusion of information. We haven’t…
But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ. Ephesians 4:15 NASB Grow up – “I am in deep repentance,” I heard the voice on the telephone say. “I didn’t realize how slowly I had been slipping away. Over time I just…
Bring us back, our Father, to Your Torah, and bring us near, our King, to Your service, and influence us to return in perfect repentance before You. Shemoneh Esrei hashivanu Influence – You aren’t going to find this verse in the Bible. It’s from the Amidah, the Shemoneh Esrei, the morning prayer of the Jews. …
Now return to YHWH your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness and relenting of evil Joel 2:13 Relenting – What exactly does this mean? Does God relax His hatred for evil? Does He yield to it? That’s what “relent” would imply, that somehow God lessens His stance toward…
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind Ephesians 2:3 Lived – Of course we all formerly lived according to the authority of this age. The whole idea behind conversion is a change in life, not simply a new vocabulary. …
“Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days – You would not believe if you were told,” Habakkuk 1:5 Be Astonished! – Perhaps CNN needs to hire Habakkuk. Take a few minutes to read the opening verses of this often neglected prophet and you will discover a…
“Return, O faithless sons,” declares YHWH; “For I am a master to you, and I will take you one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.” Jeremiah 3:14 Return/Faithless – God is in the destruction business. Yes, I know. We often think of God as the One…
Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver Matthew 27:3 Remorse – The usual Greek word for repentance is metanoeo. It means a complete change of mind, a reversal of direction. To repent is to turn back to God; accept…
