Today’s Word
Truth, Justice and the American Way
Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 3:3 NASB Kindness and truth – The Hebrew phrase hesed ve’emet is critically important. It describes the connection between the covenant relationship of God and community with the faithfulness and reliability of the…
Goal Oriented
For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 1 Corinthians 4:7 ESV See anything different – Keep the code! Paul exhorts his readers, “Stick to what is written!” Why? The answer…
Are You Hyper?
Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other. 1 Corinthians 4:6 NASB Not to exceed – Sometimes I think…
Eternal Frustration
My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 1 John 2:1 NASB May not sin – Seriously now, can John actually mean this? Does John really think it is possible to not sin? …
The Prerequisite (Rewind)
Be humbled, then, under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the opportune time 1 Peter 5:6 NASB Be Humbled – There is no better person to pen these words than Peter. The man who believed in personal power learned a life-altering lesson after the death and resurrection of Yeshua. Power brings defeat. …
Unsettling Questions
Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die. Ezekiel 18:4 NASB Soul – It comes as no surprise to learn that every instance of the translated word “soul” in this verse is the Hebrew word nephesh. It’s…
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