Today’s Word
Divine Conspiracy
“Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the LORD, intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; therefore the nations are going mad.” Jeremiah 51:7 Divine Conspiracy Hand –Do you like conspiracy theories? Everyone seems to resonate at some level with the idea that there are secret, powerful figures…
The Actions of Understanding
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 The Actions of Understanding Cared – Do you remember this verse (June 14, 15 and 16)? We discovered that God is in…
Changing Your Mind
“He has blinded their eyes, and He hardened their hearts; lest they see with their eyes, and perceive with their hearts, and be converted, and I heal them.” John 12:40 quoting Isaiah 6:10. Changing Your Mind Converted – “Follow me.” But Jesus is going the opposite direction. “Lord, don’t you see where I’m heading. Look…
The Good Denial
“there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them,” 2 Peter 2:1 The Rooster on the Steeple (3) Denying – Bad teaching denies Jesus. Most modern debates about doctrine involve this kind of denial. It’s important, but it’s not the only form of…
The Rooster on the Steeple (3)
“If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Mark 8:34 The Good Denial Deny – Same word. Very different verse. There is one sense where arneomai is just what we need. Denial is the basic attitude necessary for following Jesus. Without it, the rooster…
The Rooster on the Steeple (2)
“They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, ” Titus 1:16 The Rooster on the Steeple (2) Deny – What kinds of deeds deny God? Did you think that the list only included morality issues? Paul quickly straightens out that limited view. The second kind of denial is the denial of…
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