For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within [the church]. But those who are outside God judges. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves. 1 Corinthians 5:12-13 NASB (brackets added) Judge – How many times have you heard someone say, “You shouldn’t judge others!” This seems…
The last enemy that will be abolished is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26 NASB Will be abolished is – If you read this verses in the NASB, it appears that Paul projects the destruction of death into the future. At some unspecified time, death will finally be overcome. It will be abolished. But the verb, katargeo,…
The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. Genesis 8:21 NASB Curse – Time to put…
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. Psalm 130:5 ESV Wait – I don’t like to wait. I don’t like to wait for anything. I hate lines. I want to get there now. No red lights, no detours, no queues. Just a freeway without traffic. Pedal to the…
Dear Readers, This morning I will be on my way to Hawaii to board the John C. Stennis US Navy Aircraft Carrier at Pearl Harbor. I will be with my daughter Rachel on the ship for 7 days from Pearl to San Diego. During that time I will NOT have internet or phone, so there…
But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. Psalm 130:4 ESV May be feared – YHWH pardons! Rejoice! YHWH is salah. I can be straightened. But this is no surprise to the serpent, and he is prepared to manipulate YHWH’s pardon for his purposes. Never underestimate the craftiness of the yetzer ha’ra. …
Dear Skip and community: I would like to request prayer for my only sister, Faye, who has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which has already invaded the portal vein, and is considered inoperable unless they can shrink the tumor with chemo and radiation, and then do a Whipple, one of the most complicated and dangerous surgeries imaginable. …
But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. Psalm 130:4 ESV Forgiveness – Just four words in Hebrew. Ki-imka has-liha’ lema’an tivare’. But the world on my black desolation changes with these four words. Each one is crucial for my rescue. Ki-imka (but with you) opens the thought. The divine alternative. YHWH…
If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? Psalm 130:3 NASB Should mark – I was always afraid of God. I wasn’t Catholic but when it came to guilt, I might as well have been. My childhood was punctuated by constant reminders that God saw everything I did, and as a result,…
Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. Psalm 130:1-2 NASB Hear – “Out of my deepest despair, out of my total helplessness in the face of the darkness of my heart, Lord, YHWH, shim’ah.” The cry…
