Today’s Word
Nothing But Net
Pull me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me; for you are my stronghold. Psalm 31:5 (Hebrew text) Net – If you read this too quickly, you will miss the crucial implication. The psalmist is already caught! “Pull me out” implies that he is already in. He has been trapped by…
Do Me A Favor
Be gracious to me, O YHWH, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also. Psalm 31:9 Be Gracious – What does it mean to be gracious? If we approach this word from a Christian evangelical perspective, we are likely to think in terms of grace. …
Who Knows Me?
I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul Psalm 31:7 NASB Known – Omniscience. Oh, it’s a great doctrine. God knows everything that can be known. It’s a significant statement about the scope of His observation and understanding. But it’s…
Where Is It?
“Thy Kingdom come,” Matthew 6:10 Come – There is little doubt that the Greek text of Matthew reads eltheto. Literally, the verse is “Let come the kingdom of You.” Eltheto is an active imperative. That means it is a command – a call to action – not simply an observation. There are plenty of commentaries…
Sign of the Prophet
“even these prophets of the deception of their own heart, who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another,. . .” Jeremiah 23:26-27 Intend – The Hebrew verb hashav covers a lot more than intentions. It means “to devise, to invent, to consider and to reckon.” …
Distinctively Different
“Then if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, ‘As the LORD lives,’ even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people.” Jeremiah 12:16 NASB As The LORD Lives – OK, you’ve read the verse in…
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