Today’s Word
Amazing Grace
I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. Psalm 119:93 ESV You have given me life – Frankly, I am amazed. I am amazed that the majority of Christians can read a verse like this and think that grace is all they need. I am amazed that we can…
Desiring God
If Your law had not been my delight,
then I would have perished in my affliction. Psalm 119:92 NASB Delight – How do you show your desire for God? What do you do that marks you as one who pursues Him? Don’t give me a generalized principle of ethical attitude. Don’t tell me that you just…
Number Four
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God. Deuteronomy 6:13 KJV Fear – According to Rambam’s list of the 613 commandments, this is number four. “By this injunction we are commanded to believe in the fear and awe of God (exalted be He), and not to be at ease and self-confident but to expect His punishment…
The Purpose of Knowing (2)
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. Psalm 119:75 NASB Faithfulness – Amen to that! Amen to what? To the faithfulness of God when He afflicts me! The Hebrew is emuna’, from the same root as Amen. God is faithful. That means He is trustworthy,…
The Purpose of Knowing (1)
I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. Psalm 119:75 NASB Your judgments – I wonder if we can confidently echo David’s poetry. Do we really know that the judgments of the Lord are righteous, every one of them? The Hebrew is ki-tsedeq (righteous, just, justice,…
The Closed Door
And to whom did He swear that they should not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? And so we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. Hebrews 3:18-19 NASB Unbelief – God closes the door to those who do not believe. They do not enter His rest. So…
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