And God spoke all these words, saying,“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.“You shall have no other gods before me.“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that isContinue reading “Exodus 20: 1-11: The Constitution written by God for Israel!”
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Exodus 18: 19-27….Sound advice lifts a heavy load.
Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God, and you shall warn them about the statutes and the laws, and make them know the way in which they must walk and what they must do. Moreover,Continue reading “Exodus 18: 19-27….Sound advice lifts a heavy load.”
Exodus 4: 27-31….God prepares the ground
The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which he had sent him to speak, and all the signs that he had commanded him to do.Continue reading “Exodus 4: 27-31….God prepares the ground”
2Samuel 19: 11-20….The way of politicians!
11 And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king? 12 You are my brothers; you are my bone and myContinue reading “2Samuel 19: 11-20….The way of politicians!”
2 Samuel 17: 8-14….Hushai, the planted spy.
8 Hushai said, “You know that your father and his men are mighty men, and that they are enraged, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. Besides, your father is expert in war; he will not spend the night with the people. 9 Behold, even now he has hidden himself in oneContinue reading “2 Samuel 17: 8-14….Hushai, the planted spy.”
John 18: 12-18…..Peter,Peter!
12 So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. 13 First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. 14 It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient thatContinue reading “John 18: 12-18…..Peter,Peter!”
Psalm 58: 1-5…..How many ‘gods’ are there?
Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?Do you judge the children of man uprightly?No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;your hands deal out violence on earth.The wicked are estranged from the womb;they go astray from birth, speaking lies.They have venom like the venom of a serpent,like the deaf adder that stops its ear,soContinue reading “Psalm 58: 1-5…..How many ‘gods’ are there?”
Genesis 47: 13-19…..The Famine goes on and on and…
Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished by reason of the famine. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchangeContinue reading “Genesis 47: 13-19…..The Famine goes on and on and…”
Titus 1: 5-11…Elders – the why and who of it.
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer,Continue reading “Titus 1: 5-11…Elders – the why and who of it.”
1 Peter 5: 1-5….To the leaders.
So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; notContinue reading “1 Peter 5: 1-5….To the leaders.”
As I read it! 