1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.2 Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,3 though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah4 There is a river whose streams makeContinue reading “Psalm 46: 1-11….Stop and Reflect.”
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Isaiah 3: 1-12….Is this the Loving God speaking?
1 For behold, the Lord GOD of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judahsupport and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water;2 the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,3 the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor andContinue reading “Isaiah 3: 1-12….Is this the Loving God speaking?”
Isaiah 2: 1-11….Happy New Year, Ethiopia!
1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. – Saw surely means that God revealed the following to him.2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall beContinue reading “Isaiah 2: 1-11….Happy New Year, Ethiopia!”
Isaiah 1: 24-31….The Day of Accounting!
Therefore the Lord declares, the LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel:“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies and avenge myself on my foes.I will turn my hand against you and will smelt away your dross as with lyeand remove all your alloy. – This is a very clear statement of intent! LyeContinue reading “Isaiah 1: 24-31….The Day of Accounting!”
Isaiah 1: 18-23….’This is what is on the agenda for our discussion’, says God!
“Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD:though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red like crimson,they shall become like wool. Comment: Unless you have a totally small picture of God to be called up to reason with Him is an extremely terrifying call! He is afterContinue reading “Isaiah 1: 18-23….’This is what is on the agenda for our discussion’, says God!”
Isaiah 1: 9-17….The vision continues and has some biting words!
If the LORD of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah. – The first sentence which the people have spoken – it is factual but sounds like a winge!Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching ofContinue reading “Isaiah 1: 9-17….The vision continues and has some biting words!”
Isaiah 1: 1-8….Author’s History and reason for writing given.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.The ox knows itsContinue reading “Isaiah 1: 1-8….Author’s History and reason for writing given.”
Mark 7: 31-37….Imagine hearing and speaking for the first time when you are older than a baby!
Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowdContinue reading “Mark 7: 31-37….Imagine hearing and speaking for the first time when you are older than a baby!”
Mark 7: 24-30….A test of Faith.
And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet.Continue reading “Mark 7: 24-30….A test of Faith.”
Mark 7: 14-23….Alimentary or Elementary!
And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” And when he had entered the house and leftContinue reading “Mark 7: 14-23….Alimentary or Elementary!”
As I read it! 