Today’s Word
He Got What He Deserved
Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles, or the LORD will see it and be displeased, and turn His anger away from him. Proverbs 24:17-18 Do Not Rejoice – How common it is for us to exult in the defeat of an enemy! There…
Finished
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, but the wicked stumble in time of calamity. Proverbs 24:16 Seven Times – The Hebrew word shevah is the number seven. You’ll recognize the root in the word Sabbath. Seven is the Hebrew number of completion. It is the number of the day God finished…
Inexcusable
Deliver those being taken to death, and hold back those swaying and being led to slaughter. If you say, “We knew nothing about this,” does not even he who weighs motives discern [the truth]? Proverbs 24:11-12 Waltke We Knew Nothing – Do you really want to live according to the Biblical view? If you do,…
The Gospel We Read
and what things you learned and received and heard and saw in me, practice these things, Philippians 4:9 In Me – The truth is that the combination of these two tiny words (en emoi – “in me”) scares me to death. I simply can’t imagine telling someone to look at me, listen to me, study…
James In Reverse
Do all things without murmurings and disputings, Philippians 2:14 Murmurings and Disputings – If any verse has been taken out of context, this is the one! Were you instructed by your parents that this verse was the reason you should comply with the household rules? Has anyone ever used this verse to shame you into…
An Unfulfilled Life
For it is written, “Rejoice, barren woman who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; for more are the children of the desolate than the one who has a husband” Galatians 4:27 Desolate – Yesterday we looked at the word, eremos, translated 32 times as “desert” or “wilderness.” But…
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