Today’s Word
Dull
“Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.” Hebrews 5:11 Dull – Do you remember learning to drive? Do you remember how hard it was to parallel park the first time? Do you remember the mild panic when you first drove in traffic? …
Love
“And you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charges” Deuteronomy 11:1 Love – Ahav is one of three Hebrew verbs about love. It’s not a “feelings” verb. It is an obedience verb. It calls us to action, not necessarily emotion. That’s why it can be a command. That’s why it is quite…
Name of the Lord
“For whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” Romans 10:13 Name of the Lord – Now it’s obvious, isn’t it? After we discover that “His name’s sake” (yesterday: Acts 9:16) is really a question about who is the king, then it becomes quite clear that calling on the name of the…
Name’s sake
“for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” Acts 9:16 Name’s sake – It’s hard to understand what this means. We don’t use the expression “name’s sake” very often, so it leaves us with a sort of puzzled confusion. But if we see the literal Greek, we get a…
Good work
“that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus” Philippians 1:6 Good work – Not all of it counts! God doesn’t take “bad” work and make something of it. Nor does He take just “work”. He begins a good work and then He makes sure it…
The Way
“so that if he found any being of the Way, both men and women, having bound them” Acts 9: 2 The Way – My friend told me a story about his trip to Switzerland. After work, he was invited to the home of a believer. As he sat with the family, he told the man…
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