Today’s Word
Offending God
Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge. Psalm 51:4 NASB You only – When we read this verse, we are often offended. We think to ourselves, “Wait a minute! David’s saying that the only one he offended…
Manasseh’s Prayer
Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; according to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings. Psalm 51:1 NASB Wipe out – Do you know the pseudepigraphical “Prayer of Manasseh”? Perhaps you should. Here it is: O Lord Almighty, God of our ancestors, of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and of their righteous…
When Is Then?
Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, . . Joshua 8:30-31 NASB Then – The Torah is not a chronological account of Israel’s exploits. In…
Unrecoverable Addiction
Listen to the word of the Lord, you sons of Israel, because the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land, for there is no faithfulness, nor loyalty, nor knowledge of God in the land. There is oath-taking, denial, murder, stealing, and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed. Hosea 4:1-2 NASB Employ violence – Are you addicted? Ah, then you need to…
Once More Around the Circle
“Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?” Job 38:4-5 NIV Surely you know! – That’s the rub, isn’t it? Here we are recognizing in good pagan fashion the endless repetition of the universe. Once more…
Perspective
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (Genesis 1:1 NASB) This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. (Genesis 2:4 NASB) God/ Lord God – As you probably know, the first verse of Genesis uses the term ʾĕlōhîm to designate…
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