Introduction: The above question is impossible to answer with just a ‘yes’ or ‘no’! A ‘yes’ means that you were beating her, and a ‘no’ without further explanation means that you are still beating, whereas you haven’t stopped that practice! This passage is quick to read but has much ‘hidden’ in it! All the following,Continue reading “1 John 2: 23-29….Have you stopped beating your wife?”
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1 John 2: 1-7….A grammar lesson!
Introduction: Today is Anzac Day in Australia – a day which celebrates Australian Forces, combining with New Zealand Forces, landing in Gallipoli in WWI. We also commemorate all those who have died and served to hopefully keep the world free from tyranny, ever since. It is a good thing to do, and personally I amContinue reading “1 John 2: 1-7….A grammar lesson!”
Various Passages…. Are works important?
Introduction and Comment: Tears running down the cheek and dripping off the chin whether they be shed for joy or sorrow look the same! But there is a difference in their chemical constitution! Thus we may ask do ‘good works’ done to ‘earn salvation’ or to ‘express salvation’ appear the same to God? Can goodContinue reading “Various Passages…. Are works important?”
Psalm 69:22-36….Two sides of the coin!
David speaking about the enemy! 22 Let their own table before them become a snare;and when they are at peace, let it become a trap.23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,and make their loins tremble continually.24 Pour out your indignation upon them,and let your burning anger overtake them.25 May their campContinue reading “Psalm 69:22-36….Two sides of the coin!”
Psalm 69: 1-12….David explains in detail (today) before he requests (tomorrow).
1 Save me, O God!For the waters have come up to my neck.2 I sink in deep mire,where there is no foothold;I have come into deep waters,and the flood sweeps over me.3 I am weary with my crying out;my throat is parched.My eyes grow dimwith waiting for my God. – David needs God’s help! HeContinue reading “Psalm 69: 1-12….David explains in detail (today) before he requests (tomorrow).”
Psalm 66: 13-20….I will worship God! Will others follow?
I will come into your house with burnt offerings;I will perform my vows to you,14 that which my lips utteredand my mouth promised when I was in trouble.15 I will offer to you burnt offerings of fattened animals,with the smoke of the sacrifice of rams;I will make an offering of bulls and goats. Selah ChristiansContinue reading “Psalm 66: 13-20….I will worship God! Will others follow?”
Isaiah 29; 14-24….God’s Blessing!
14 therefore, behold, I will againdo wonderful things with this people,with wonder upon wonder;and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish,and the discernment of their discerning men shall be hidden.”15 Ah, you who hide deep from the LORD your counsel,whose deeds are in the dark,and who say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?”16 YouContinue reading “Isaiah 29; 14-24….God’s Blessing!”
Matt 23: 2-3;13-31 (selected verses)….7 Woes!
2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, 3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice. 13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enterContinue reading “Matt 23: 2-3;13-31 (selected verses)….7 Woes!”
Luke 13: 10-17….Jesus in trouble again!
Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from yourContinue reading “Luke 13: 10-17….Jesus in trouble again!”
Luke 12: 22-24; 32-40; 49-53….A Mixed Bag!
22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouseContinue reading “Luke 12: 22-24; 32-40; 49-53….A Mixed Bag!”
As I read it! 