Today’s Word
Chain of Command
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.” John 13:20 NASB Receives – Have you received the Father through the authorized chain of command? If you receive one sent by the Messiah then you have effectively welcomed the Messiah…
What Kind of Justice?
However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die. 2 Samuel 12:14 NASB Die – Tell me how this can be fair? David deliberately sins with Bathsheba. In fact, King David commits several crimes worthy of…
Foreknowledge
For God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. Romans 8:29 New Living Translation In advance – Read it carefully. The NLT is the only contemporary translation that I know that clearly implies God knows…
Detours
“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Cease to do evil, Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.” Isaiah 1:16-17 NASB Remove – What worries you? Job security? Taxes? Politics? Terrorism? Your children? Perhaps those worries need to be removed by concentrating on what God…
The Prescription for Anarchy
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25 NASB In his own eyes – “Do the right thing!” That’s our usual ethical position. But the problem is obvious. What is the right thing? We often decry Israel’s decision to demand a king. We…
Cancer in the Body (Rewind)
watching diligently that not any lack from the grace of God, that no root of bitterness growing up may disturb you, and through this many be defiled; Hebrews 12:15 (translation J. Green) Defiled – Does it seem like sometimes it’s just too much to continue on this path? Are you wearing down in your quest…
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