1 Samuel 25: 32-38….Why did she ever marry him?

And David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me! Blessed be your discretion, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodguilt and from working salvation with my own hand! For as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel,Continue reading “1 Samuel 25: 32-38….Why did she ever marry him?”

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: 14-21….A head to head discussion.

And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?” Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the LORD your God, and the restContinue reading “1 Samuel 15: 14-21….A head to head discussion.”

1 Samuel 15: 10-14….Caught out…

The word of the LORD came to Samuel: “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the LORD all night. And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it wasContinue reading “1 Samuel 15: 10-14….Caught out…”

1 Samuel 15: 1-5…A very specific command.

And Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD. Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. Now goContinue reading “1 Samuel 15: 1-5…A very specific command.”