Today’s Word
Spiritual Suicide 1
For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; 2 Tim 2:11 Died With Him – Every Christian is called to commit suicide. To be a follower in the Way means to terminate life in this world. Jesus invites us to share in His suffering – and that means a voluntary climb…
Ears to Hear
Day to day pours forth speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. Psalm 19:2 Pours Forth – Listen! Do you hear that? Out there, by the edge of the mountains? It’s a storm, way in the distance. You better be careful. Time to get to high ground. A rain storm in the desert can be…
Looking Up
In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. Psalm 5:3 Wait in Expectation – Translating an idiomatic expression always entails difficulties. The translator wants to be true to the original language but, at the same time, knows that a literal translation…
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,…
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