Today’s Word
The Land of Nod
you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth Genesis 4:12 Fugitive and Wanderer – Aimless. Staggering. Terrified. Cursed. Are those the words that come to mind when you think of “the land of Nod”? I doubt it. These days the land of Nod is more often associated with children’s bedtime stories and…
Properties of Salt
You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty again? It is good for nothing any more, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot Matthew 5:13 Salt – Is Jesus speaking about you in this sentence? Do you want to know how…
The End Game
then you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you. For it will be repaid to you in the resurrection of the just. Luke 14:14 Will Be Repaid – Yesterday we learned that the state of blessedness is entirely up to us. When we give to those who cannot give back, we align…
Another Beatitude
But when you make a banquet, call the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; and then you will be blessed, for they have nothing to repay you. Luke 14:13-14 Blessed – All of the Beatitudes found in Matthew 5 and Luke 6 begin with the Greek word makarioi. It is the signal for a…
The Heart of the Harlot
For a spirit of harlotry is within them, and they do not know the LORD Hosea 5:4 Harlotry – Hosea was a man none of us would aspire to be. He encountered the dangerous God. He obeyed the dangerous God. As a result, he spent his life in ridicule as the cuckolded husband of a…
A Goat in the Wilderness
Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29 Takes Away – How did Jesus “take away” your Sin? That’s Sin with a capital “S”. We’re not talking about all those individual misdeeds and rebellious acts and injuries. We’re talking about the big S, the guilt that you bear…
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