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Decision Tree

For you trusted in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.”  Your wisdom and your knowledge, it leads you away, and you said in your heart, “I am and none else is.” Isaiah 47:10 Leads You Away – In characteristic Hebrew style, the verb used here for “leading away” is the same verb that…
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Sight Unseen

For you trusted in your wickedness; you said, “No one sees me.”  Your wisdom and your knowledge, it leads you away, and you said in your heart, “I am and none else is.” Isaiah 47:10 Wickedness – How could anyone trust in wickedness?  Does that make any sense at all?  No one actually puts their…
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Status: Married

For you are a holy people to YHWH your God.  YHWH your God has chosen you to be His own treasure, out of all the people on the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 7:6 Chosen – Have you chosen one to marry?  Have you selected a partner for life?  YHWH has.  The Hebrew verb bahar…
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False Dichotomy

and there was no man to till the ground Genesis 2:5 To Till – A few months ago we explored this Hebrew verb.  We discovered that ‘avad is not really about farming.  It means “to work,” but it also means “to serve” and, in that context, “to worship.”  So, the same Hebrew verb that covers…
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The Sex God

otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice. Exodus 34:15 Play The Harlot – When Israel entered Canaan, it was surrounded by pagan fertility cults.  The sex…
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Words As Weapons

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me things that I do not know. Psalm 35:12 Malicious Witnesses – Yeshua reminds us not to fear the one who can kill our bodies.  We are to fear the one who can take our lives and also destroy our souls (see Matthew 10:28).  That’s a good Greek expression…
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