Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. ButContinue reading “Galatians 6: 1-5….The summing up begins.”
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Galatians 5: 19-26….Bad and Good!
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit ofContinue reading “Galatians 5: 19-26….Bad and Good!”
Galatians 5: 13-18….Freedom not licence!
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are notContinue reading “Galatians 5: 13-18….Freedom not licence!”
1 Samuel 23: 1-6….Seeking God’s will.
Now they told David, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors.” Therefore David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.” But David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid hereContinue reading “1 Samuel 23: 1-6….Seeking God’s will.”
1 Samuel 22: 18-23…..Doeg the Edomite.
Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox,Continue reading “1 Samuel 22: 18-23…..Doeg the Edomite.”
1 Samuel 22: 11-17…..The king’s order disobeyed.
Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king. And Saul said, “Hear now, son of Ahitub.” And he answered, “Here I am, my lord.” And Saul said to him, “Why haveContinue reading “1 Samuel 22: 11-17…..The king’s order disobeyed.”
1 Samuel 21: 1-6…. Eating on the run!
Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one with you?” And David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has charged me with a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of theContinue reading “1 Samuel 21: 1-6…. Eating on the run!”
1 Samuel 21: 10-15….Acting stupidly and not wanted.
And David rose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish the king of Gath. And the servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances,‘Saul has struck down his thousands,and David his ten thousands’?”And DavidContinue reading “1 Samuel 21: 10-15….Acting stupidly and not wanted.”
1 Samuel 20: 35-42…..The answer delivered.
In the morning Jonathan went out into the field to the appointment with David, and with him a little boy. And he said to his boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. And when the boy came to the place of the arrowContinue reading “1 Samuel 20: 35-42…..The answer delivered.”
1 Samuel 20: 30-34….An angry reply.
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness? For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth,Continue reading “1 Samuel 20: 30-34….An angry reply.”
As I read it! 