When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, “Surely the LORD’S anointed is before him.” But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, butContinue reading “1 Samuel 16: 6-13… Another king chosen.”
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1 Samuel 16: 1-5….Treading a fine line!
The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” And Samuel said, “How can I go?Continue reading “1 Samuel 16: 1-5….Treading a fine line!”
Jude 1: 24&25….A magnificent doxology!
Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. Comment: May I suggest thatContinue reading “Jude 1: 24&25….A magnificent doxology!”
Jude 1: 17-23…. But for the faithful…
But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faithContinue reading “Jude 1: 17-23…. But for the faithful…”
Jude 1: 14-16….Enoch quoted again.
It was also about these that Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harshContinue reading “Jude 1: 14-16….Enoch quoted again.”
Jude 1: 10-13….More examples.
But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion. These are hidden reefs atContinue reading “Jude 1: 10-13….More examples.”
Jude 1: 5-9….Examples from the past in both the seen and unseen worlds.
Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chainsContinue reading “Jude 1: 5-9….Examples from the past in both the seen and unseen worlds.”
Jude 1: 1-4….An altered plan.
Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James,To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to youContinue reading “Jude 1: 1-4….An altered plan.”
1 Samuel 15: 30-35…Sorry Saul, but….
Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honour me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may bow before the LORD your God.” So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul bowed before the LORD.Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of theContinue reading “1 Samuel 15: 30-35…Sorry Saul, but….”
1 Samuel 15: 22-29…Obedience v Sacrifice.
And Samuel said,“Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,as in obeying the voice of the LORD?Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,and to listen than the fat of rams.For rebellion is as the sin of divination,and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,he hasContinue reading “1 Samuel 15: 22-29…Obedience v Sacrifice.”
As I read it! 