Today’s Word
Survival Instinct
“If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 Do Well – Nahum Sarna has the appropriate comment about this text. He says that “it bristles with difficulties.” …
Giving Up and Giving In
“If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be its desire, and yet you may rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 Sin – The first time we read the Hebrew word hatat (sin) is here in the story of Cain. …
Present Reality
and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 I Was Naked – Adam doesn’t say, “I was naked.” Oh, I know. That’s the way the text is translated because in order to make the verbs agree within the sentence,…
The Beginning of Wisdom
and he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” Genesis 3:10 Afraid – We know this word. We just don’t know it in this context. It is yare, the verb that means “to fear, to respect, to reverence and to be afraid.” …
Wealth Redistribution
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them, otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.” Matthew 6:1 Righteousness – Yeshua proclaims Kingdom principles. He announces how the citizens of His Father’s Kingdom act in ways that compete with the kingdoms of this world. He is not talking about…
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