Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you. – In reading proverbs we need to think deeply and honestly. For instance in the first one today, it should not and hopefully does not apply to a judge when a murderer is found guilty by a legal court!Continue reading “Proverbe 20: 22-30….Proverbs express principles not laws!”
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Proverbs 20: 11-21….Gems for our finding!
Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright. – It is sometimes very obvious within minutes that stricter discipline and more thorough training is necessary. The observer suffers but the child much more when training is deficient!The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD hasContinue reading “Proverbs 20: 11-21….Gems for our finding!”
Proverbs 20: 1-10….Ten wise sayings!
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise. – If only many would learn this earlier. When I was director of surgery in a 600 bed hospital we had to close down one of our two orthopaedic wards when an beer carrying strike went onContinue reading “Proverbs 20: 1-10….Ten wise sayings!”
Exodus 32: 25-35….We sometimes think that sin is a little thing.
And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the LORD’S side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. And he saidContinue reading “Exodus 32: 25-35….We sometimes think that sin is a little thing.”
Exodus 32: 15-24….Moses’ anger burns hot!
My comments are inside the passage in italics. Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets that were written on both sides; on the front and on the back they were written. The tablets were the work of God, and the writing wasContinue reading “Exodus 32: 15-24….Moses’ anger burns hot!”
Exodus 32: 7-14….Does God change His mind?
And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them. They have made for themselves a golden calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it and said,Continue reading “Exodus 32: 7-14….Does God change His mind?”
Exodus 32: 1-6….Can you see the wind?
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us. As for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what hasContinue reading “Exodus 32: 1-6….Can you see the wind?”
Exodus 31: 18….What does this mean?
And he gave to Moses, when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God. Comment: Why such a short reading? Because it so important. Does God have a finger? Jesus was God and He had ten fingers! In anContinue reading “Exodus 31: 18….What does this mean?”
Exodus 31: 12-17…. Saturday or Sunday?
And the LORD said to Moses, “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the LORD, sanctify you. You shall keep the Sabbath, because it is holyContinue reading “Exodus 31: 12-17…. Saturday or Sunday?”
Exodus 30: 34-31: 11….God provides.
The LORD said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy. You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it beforeContinue reading “Exodus 30: 34-31: 11….God provides.”
As I read it! 