Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what wasContinue reading “John 2: 23-25…..Jesus knows what is in Man..”
Author Archives: Barry Hicks
Amos 6: 8-14…..Listen very carefully!
The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, declares the LORD, the God of hosts:“I abhor the pride of Jacoband hate his strongholds,and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die. And when one’s relative, the one who anoints him for burial,Continue reading “Amos 6: 8-14…..Listen very carefully!”
Amos 6: 1-7…..You think that you have it all!
Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,the notable men of the first of the nations,to whom the house of Israel comes!Pass over to Calneh, and see,and from there go to Hamath the great;then go down to Gath of the Philistines.Are you better thanContinue reading “Amos 6: 1-7…..You think that you have it all!”
AMOS 5: 25-27….Why is this here?
Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? You shall take up Sikkuth your king, and Kiyyun your star-god—your images that you made for yourselves, and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.Continue reading “AMOS 5: 25-27….Why is this here?”
Amos 5: 16-24…..Deliver us, O Lord!
Therefore the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, says this:“There shall be wailing in all streets,And they shall say in all the highways,‘Alas! Alas!’They shall call the farmer to mourning,And skillful lamenters to wailing.In all vineyards there shall be wailing,For I will pass through you,”Says the LORD.Woe to you who desire the day of theContinue reading “Amos 5: 16-24…..Deliver us, O Lord!”
Amos 5: 10-15….Please speak nicely, gently – God is so Good!
They hate the one who rebukes in the gate,And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly.Therefore, because you tread down the poorAnd take grain taxes from him,Though you have built houses of hewn stone,Yet you shall not dwell in them;You have planted pleasant vineyards,But you shall not drink wine from them.For I know your manifoldContinue reading “Amos 5: 10-15….Please speak nicely, gently – God is so Good!”
Amos 5: 4-9……Don’t try evasive techniques!
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel:“Seek Me and live;But do not seek Bethel,Nor enter Gilgal,Nor pass over to Beersheba;For Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,And Bethel shall come to nothing.Seek the LORD and live,Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,And devour it,With no one to quench itContinue reading “Amos 5: 4-9……Don’t try evasive techniques!”
Amos 4:13-ch5:3…..Open your eyes – and see!
For behold,He who forms mountains,And creates the wind,Who declares to man what his thought is,And makes the morning darkness,Who treads the high places of the earth—The LORD God of hosts is His name. Comment: Yesterday you were warned to Prepare to meet God. Think hard about what He can do!Hear this word which I takeContinue reading “Amos 4:13-ch5:3…..Open your eyes – and see!”
John 2: 13-21…..Preparation for the Passover Feast.
The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he pouredContinue reading “John 2: 13-21…..Preparation for the Passover Feast.”
John 2: 1-12….Water to wine!
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this haveContinue reading “John 2: 1-12….Water to wine!”
As I read it! 