Today’s Word
Do Your Best
Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 NASB Be diligent – So what’s it to be? NASB tells us to “be diligent.” ESV, NRSV, NLT and NIV say, “Do your best.” KJV uses the time-honored…
Who is He?
But he said to me, “Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.” Revelation 22:9 NASB Do not do that – A strange change in capitalization occurs in the NASB of Revelation 22. The…
End of the Line
Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy. Revelation 22:11 NASB Still – Just keep going in the same direction and you will arrive at…
Ending with a Whimper
You have placed our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days have declined in Your fury; we have finished our years like a sigh. Psalm 90:8-9 NASB Secret sins – OK, so how do you want to end? It’s coming, you know. Every day a bit…
What You Don’t Know
“Stolen water is sweet; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”Proverbs 9:17 NASB In secret – How foolish are we? Proverbs might help us decide the answer to this question. The woman of folly (‘eshet kesilut – “woman of insolence, stupidity”) is the public enticement to those who are attempting to follow the straight path….
Servant Song
The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the LORD GOD concerning Edom—We have heard a report from the LORD, and an envoy has been sent among the nations saying, “Arise and let us go against her in battle”— Obadiah 1:1 Obadiah – We should be able to handle twenty-one verses, don’t you think? One of the…
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