For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I…
casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. 1 Pet 5:7 NASB (1995) Anxiety – Occasionally I write something that is so essential to my own well-being that I think someone else must have been the author. This edition of Today’s Word first appeared on 11 March of this year, but now…
So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it. Numbers 35:33 NASB Defiles – ḥānēp. That should be a word added to your…
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. Jude 1:25 NIV Only – Jude wrote this letter toward the end of the first century CE. By then Messianic assemblies were established in many cities of the Mediterranean world. Jude’s language shows…
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Jude 1:20-21 NIV Keep yourselves in God’s love – The literal text places “yourselves in the love…
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Jude 1:20-21 NIV Building yourselves up – Someone wrote to me: “To [sic] much hassle opening daily…
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10 NASB Perfect, confirm, strengthen, establish – What is the by-product of suffering a little while? Notice that I did not write “the product of.” Why? Because it is not God’s purpose…
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10 NASB For a little while – Pie in the sky, by and by. That’s what I really want, right? Oh, sure, I’ll have to put up with some bad things before…
See how great a love the Father has given us, that we would be called children of God; and in fact we are. For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know Him. 1 John 3:1 NASB For this reason – Does this statement seem odd to you? It does to me. First, I find…
You favor man with perception and teach mankind understanding. Grant us knowledge, understanding and intellect from You. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Grantor of perception. Amidah (Ashkenazi version) Wisdom, intellect and knowledge – The Sephardic version of the Amidah reads as follows: You favor man with knowledge and teach mankind understanding. Grant us wisdom, intellect and…
