I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. I have seen everything that is done underContinue reading “Ecclesiastes 1: 12-18….Don’t just look,…think!”
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1 Corinthians 6: 9-11….An unpopular passage!
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you.Continue reading “1 Corinthians 6: 9-11….An unpopular passage!”
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?”
1 Corinthians 4: 14-21….Paul a ‘perfect’ model.
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. I urge you, then, be imitators of me. That is why IContinue reading “1 Corinthians 4: 14-21….Paul a ‘perfect’ model.”
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!”
Psalms 68:1-6….It’s easy to be skeptical!
1 God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;and those who hate him shall flee before him!2 As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;as wax melts before fire,so the wicked shall perish before God!3 But the righteous shall be glad;they shall exult before God;they shall be jubilant with joy!4 Sing toContinue reading “Psalms 68:1-6….It’s easy to be skeptical!”
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.”
1 Corinthians 3:1-9….Babies of the Faith.
But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousyContinue reading “1 Corinthians 3:1-9….Babies of the Faith.”
1 Corinthians 2:6-16….Mankind divided into two groups!
Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of thisContinue reading “1 Corinthians 2:6-16….Mankind divided into two groups!”
1 Corinthians 1:18-25….God’s ‘Folly’ v the World’s Wisdom.
18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”20 Where is the one who is wise? WhereContinue reading “1 Corinthians 1:18-25….God’s ‘Folly’ v the World’s Wisdom.”
As I read it! 