Today’s Word
The World According to ?
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:8 The World According to? Double-minded – Spiritually schizophrenic. The Greek is dipsuchos (from dia meaning two, and psyche meaning mind or soul). Are you a split personality Christian? Sometimes we aren’t…
Three Steps – Number Three
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:8 Three Steps – Number Three Purify – James aims his command for purification at a particular kind of person – the double-minded. Why does he pick out this aspect of sinful…
Three Steps – Number Two
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:8 Three Steps – Number Two Cleanse – Do you remember the leper? “Lord, if you are willing, you are able to cleanse me.” Jesus responded, “I am willing.” The outside needs…
Three Steps – Number One
“Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” James 4:8 Three Steps – Number One Draw – When James reflected on the desire of God, he thought of a passage in Isaiah: “because this people draws near to me with its…
Purity Outside
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Luke 5:12 Purity Outside Make me clean – The leper used the right word for his need. Katharisai. Cleanse. From our cultural perspective, we would probably have expected something else. Heal me. But in the Gospels, the words for healing are used of every disease…
Is He Willing?
“Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” Luke 5:12 Is He Willing? Willing – Few people who know anything about God doubt that He is able. After all, if He is God, He has the power to do whatever He wishes. The question that haunts us is not, “Is God able?” The…
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