“Behold, as for the proud one, his soul is not right within him; but the righteous will live by his faith.” Habakkuk 2:4 NASB Faith – Years ago we spent a lot of time examining this critical verse from Habakkuk, cited by Paul as the summary of the letter to the Romans (if you want to review, try…
The second is like it, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Matthew 22:39 NASB Is like it – Why does Yeshua say that the commandment to love your neighbor is hómoios aute (like it)? How can any other commandment be like the first one: to love God will all your heart, mind, and strength? …
The Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Genesis 6:6 NASB Was sorry – Forget the discussion of anthropomorphism. Forget the theological back peddling of analogous attribution. Instead of worrying about the doctrinal issues, pay attention of the spiritual concern in this verse. God is grieved about…
“To whom then will you liken Me that I would be his equal?” says the Holy One. Isaiah 40:25 NASB Will you liken – When we use a verb like dāmâ (to be like, to resemble) with God, we usually form the question in this way: “What is God like?” But you can instantly recognize that this…
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 NASB In the beginning – “The fundamental thought in the Bible is not creation, but God’s care for His creation.”[1] With that in mind, here are some studies of Genesis 1:1 during the last ten years, from newest to oldest, just in case you want…
“It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands and I ordained all their host.” Isaiah 45:12 NASB Ordained – Perhaps you’re familiar with the rather famous Evangelical apologetic book by Paul Little, Know Why You Believe. First published in 1967, it is still a standard of…
The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds and multiplied in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning. Lamentations 2:5 NASB Like an enemy – We live in the “God is Love” age. I’m not sure when we transitioned from “Sinners in the…
Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not…
And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. Matthew 7:25 ESV Did not fall – You want your faith to stand, right? You want it built on the solid rock, able to weather…
In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. 1 Corinthians 14:21 NASB Strange tongues – The Greek term translated “strange tongues” (ἑτερογλώσσοις similar to ἑτερόγλωσσος) is a hapax legomenon, …
