17 Thus says the LORD,your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the LORD your God,who teaches you to profit,who leads you in the way you should go.“The content of this is almost the same as what God said previously (v12&13) but the tone is so much gentler! A parent, who disciplines a child, theContinue reading “Isaiah 48: 17-22….God turns to talk to His own.”
Category Archives: Obedience
Psalms 96: 1-13….Commands which I seek to follow!
1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song;sing to the LORD, all the earth!2 Sing to the LORD, bless his name; – People can sing derges but the tone of these words is that the command to sing springs from deep seated JOY which is to refreshed every morning! Sing the song to GodContinue reading “Psalms 96: 1-13….Commands which I seek to follow!”
Luke 9 51-62….The trip to Jerusalem begins.
Introduction: The initial phrase of this passage does not give a date but it indicates that Jesus was beginning to think about His Crucifixion and Resurrection, Does the phrase “to be taken up’ mean ‘lifted up to be crucified’ or ‘raised from the dead”? At any rate for the next few weeks I will lookContinue reading “Luke 9 51-62….The trip to Jerusalem begins.”
Isaiah 26: 1-11….The Sovereign God!
Introduction: The past two chapters of Isaiah have mixed the present of the Prophet’s time and the future with references which seem to apply to both the time of Jesus and to His coming again, which is still in the future for us! The timing of this passage is also not fixed in a pointContinue reading “Isaiah 26: 1-11….The Sovereign God!”
Isaiah 22: 1-11….At last – Jerusalem!
1 The oracle concerning the valley of vision.What do you mean that you have gone up,all of you, to the housetops,2 you who are full of shoutings,tumultuous city, exultant town?Your slain are not slain with the swordor dead in battle.3 All your leaders have fled together;without the bow they were captured.All of you who wereContinue reading “Isaiah 22: 1-11….At last – Jerusalem!”
Isaiah 10: 5-11….You can’t go behind God’s back!
5 Woe to, Assyria, the rod of my anger;the staff in their hands is my fury!6 Against a godless nation I send him,and against the people of my wrath I command him,to take spoil and seize plunder,and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Comment: Here the first word is ‘woe’. AlthoughContinue reading “Isaiah 10: 5-11….You can’t go behind God’s back!”
Exodus 34: 18-24….More details of the Mosaic Covenant.
“You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep. TheContinue reading “Exodus 34: 18-24….More details of the Mosaic Covenant.”
John 13: 21-35….In spite of Betrayal Jesus champions love!
After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was reclining at table at Jesus’ side, so Simon Peter motioned to himContinue reading “John 13: 21-35….In spite of Betrayal Jesus champions love!”
Revelation 3: 1-6….A Hard Disciplining Slap!
“And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars.“‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not foundContinue reading “Revelation 3: 1-6….A Hard Disciplining Slap!”
2 Samuel 22:21-31….Was David righteous?
21 “The LORD dealt with me according to my righteousness;according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me.22 For I have kept the ways of the LORDand have not wickedly departed from my God.23 For all his rules were before me,and from his statutes I did not turn aside.24 I was blameless before him,andContinue reading “2 Samuel 22:21-31….Was David righteous?”