Today’s Word
The Law of the Land
you shall not walk in their statutes Leviticus 18:3 (compare Exodus 23:24) Statutes – The law of the land. That’s what God has in mind with this commandment. He instructed the Israelites as they were leaving Egypt to never again use Egypt’s legal code as the basis for their actions. The same thing applied…
Trading Shoes
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake Colossians 1:24 For Your Sake – Paul understood the process of redemptive suffering. Do you? In this letter to the church at Colossae, Paul says that he is exuberant and joyful because he has been able to substitute himself in the place of others. He volunteered…
Deaf and Dumb
For he who makes it trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak Habakkuk 2:18 Cannot Speak – What would it take to convince you that idols cannot speak? Oh, did you think that you already knew this? Did you think that your life was not governed by speechless idols? Then try…
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by Myself and spreading out the earth all alone,” Isaiah 44:24 Maker of All Things – Most of us don’t really believe the verse in Isaiah. We…
The Inner Struggle
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts Psalm 13:2 (NIV) Wrestle with my thoughts – The NIV translation of this passage captures the idea of the phrase but not the exact words. The Hebrew phrase really says, “take counsel with my soul.” The two critical words are ‘etsah (advice, plan) and nephesh (soul, person)….
God in the Dock
God is not a man that He should lie; Numbers 23:19 Lie – Does God lie? “Of course not,” you will answer. “How could He be God if He did not tell us the truth?” You’re right. One of the fundamental characteristics of God’s nature is truth. Lying is simply not possible for the God…
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