9 If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. John 8:36 Drowning in Freedom – If Yeshua sets you free, what are you free to do? The cultural understanding of freedom would incline you to answer, “Well, I am free to live the life I want. I’m free to choose,…
“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the…
but you must master it Genesis 4:7 Master – Everything important happens in the first three chapters of Genesis. Plus the appendix of the story of Cain. This verse is absolutely crucial. Why? Because it says something about the essence of the Fall that we absolutely must know. It says that sin did not destroy…
and God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy Genesis 2:3 Holy – God declares holy a separated time, not a special place. Let that sink in for a moment. The first use of the Hebrew qadash (holy) in Scripture is about time. Every other ancient cosmology operates with some declaration of sacred space,…
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” Matt. 6:33 Now we know that the word translated kingdom comes from the Greek basileia. We know that God establishes His kingdom through His own personal announcement – another creation spoken into existence. Human agency is not part of this creation. It is God’s plan…
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” Matt. 6:33 The second phase in examining this verse will focus on what we are seeking. Remember that the Greek word for seek is zeteo. We discovered that this root word has several different meanings. It can mean “to strive after”, “to look for”, and…
January 5 God said, “Let the water below the sky be gathered into one area, that the dry land may appear.” Genesis 1:9 A Line In The Sand Gathered – The flat-backed liquid Leviathan shows its white belly today, raging against its sandy cage. But God has shut the door and it can’t get out….
“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness” Matt. 6:33 Lately God has been pressing me about my motivation. He has been showing me how deeply ingrained my own desires are. Sometimes we can look so good on the outside that we even convince ourselves how carefully we are following God’s plan of…
January 4 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Frame of Reference And The Earth – Are you so familiar with this opening verse that you no longer think about what it says? Yes, of course, it tells us that God created everything. That’s what the Hebrew idiom hashamayim ve…
January 3 In the beginning, God created [et] the heavens and [et] the earth Genesis 1:1 (Hebrew added) Untranslatable Et – It’s there but you don’t see it. In Hebrew, this verse is Bere’shiyt bara’ Elohim et hashamayim ve et haarets. I have underlined the words translated “the heavens and the earth.” The first three…
