Today’s Word
Resurrection Power (2)
Anything devoted to destruction is most holy to the Lord Leviticus 27:28 Destruction – When we realize that submission to God means death before life, it suddenly dawns on us that this is the only way God would have done it. God does not take what I do best and put it to His use….
Destruction
Anything devoted to destruction is most holy to the Lord Leviticus 27:28 Destruction – Oswald Chambers calls it “abandonment to God”. It’s the hallmark of Moses and David, in spite of their failures. Peter and Paul both sold out completely. And Jesus is the paradigm example. Anything dedicated to God is given over to destruction….
Prepositional Theology
For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst Luke 17:21 In Your Midst – Older English Bibles often translated this verse as “the kingdom of God is within you”. That translation follows a theological shift that began when Luther translated Hebrews 11:1 with a word for assurance rather than evidence. Over time, faith…
Revering the Name
You shall not take the name Yahweh your God in vain. Exodus 20:7 NASB In vain – The second commandment is the reverence commandment. It demands that we treat God’s name with respect. As we discovered, that means we speak as men and women under His authority. Our words must reflect His character because words…
Name Keeping
You shall not take the name Yahweh your God in vain Exodus 20:7 In Vain – We practice commandment reduction. We assign the context of the commandment to circumstances as narrow as possible in order that we can claim to meet the requirement without having to deal with its real impact. We do it all…
God’s ID
For as his name is, so is he 1 Samuel 25:25 Name – We live in a world of disconnected labels. What is Aleve or Kleenex or Microsoft? Made up labels disguised as names. There is no intrinsic connection between Tylenol and pain, between Nike and shoes or between Mobil and gasoline. We are inundated…
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