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?”
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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!”
John 1: 43-51… Two more called.
The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, theContinue reading “John 1: 43-51… Two more called.”
John 1: 35-42…..Calling ‘the’ team!
The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And theyContinue reading “John 1: 35-42…..Calling ‘the’ team!”
John 1: 29-34….The Introduction!
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ I myself did not know him, but for this purposeContinue reading “John 1: 29-34….The Introduction!”
As I read it! 