1 Corinthians 6: 1-8….Is this practical?

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? Do you not knowContinue reading “1 Corinthians 6: 1-8….Is this practical?”

Psalms 69: 29-36….Attitude above sacrifice!

But I am afflicted and in pain; let your salvation, O God, set me on high!I will praise the name of God with a song; I will magnify him with thanksgiving.This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs.When the humble see it they will be glad; youContinue reading “Psalms 69: 29-36….Attitude above sacrifice!”

2 Samuel 24:1-9…. A final act recorded.

Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I mayContinue reading “2 Samuel 24:1-9…. A final act recorded.”

2Samuel 21:7-14….Paying the debt causes heartbreak!

7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because of the oath of the LORD that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 8 The king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the fiveContinue reading “2Samuel 21:7-14….Paying the debt causes heartbreak!”

2Samuel 20:23 – 21:6….A debt owed and payment promised.

23 Now Joab was in command of all the army of Israel; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was in command of the Cherethites and the Pelethites; 24 and Adoram was in charge of the forced labor; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; 25 and Sheva was secretary; and Zadok and AbiatharContinue reading “2Samuel 20:23 – 21:6….A debt owed and payment promised.”

John 18: 12-14, 19-24, 28-31; ch 19: 1-6..Trials.

So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. First they led him to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews that it would be expedient that one man shouldContinue reading “John 18: 12-14, 19-24, 28-31; ch 19: 1-6..Trials.”

John chs 12: 9-19, 13: 1-4, 18: 1-5… What a night?

The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!” And Jesus found aContinue reading “John chs 12: 9-19, 13: 1-4, 18: 1-5… What a night?”

John 7: 53- 8: 11…..Yes or No?

They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery, and placing herContinue reading “John 7: 53- 8: 11…..Yes or No?”

Genesis 47: 20-26….. The famine ended at last.

So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for all the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe on them. The land became Pharaoh’s. As for the people, he made servants of them from one end of Egypt to the other. Only the land of the priests he did not buy,Continue reading “Genesis 47: 20-26….. The famine ended at last.”

Psalms 50: 7-15….Do you think that you feed Me? Spoken to His people

“Hear, O my people, and I will speak;O Israel, I will testify against you.I am God, your God.Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you;your burnt offerings are continually before me.I will not accept a bull from your houseor goats from your folds.For every beast of the forest is mine,the cattle on a thousand hills.IContinue reading “Psalms 50: 7-15….Do you think that you feed Me? Spoken to His people”