Such rich teaching from Paul today. But of course, that is what we expect from him, isn’t it? As I see it, there were three main themes in chapters 2 and 3. 1) Spiritual immaturity vs. spiritual maturity 2) Man’s intellect vs Spiritual revelation 3) Elevating specific preachers vs Honoring the God who called them…
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As I read this chapter today, I wondered about the interpretation of the Midianite’s dream by his friend. What explanation was there for a round loaf of bread knocking down a tent being representative of the defeat of the Midianite’s army by Israel? So I did some further reading. It turns out that in the…
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I think a little background is called for as we begin the book of Proverbs. I hope you don’t mind if I go back to the basics for just a minute or two. The Bible can be divided into sections or categories. In the OT these categories are Law, History, Poetry, Major Prophets and Minor…
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In this chapter, Paul tells us that even in the very early church, some division had crept in. Which confirms once again the verse from Ecclesiastes 1:9, “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” As a race, people don’t really change….
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You gotta love Gideon. God comes to him, and the first thing he does is question Him. Excuse me, but if the Lord is with us, why are we having so many troubles? Pardon me, but how can I save Israel? I’m the youngest one of the weakest family in the tribe. If it’s not…
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What is your idea of what Heaven is like? What will we be doing? Of course we have no way of really knowing everything, but the Bible gives us some idea of at least part of what life will be like. In the book of Revelation, chapter 5, verse 13 John tells us, “Then I…
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Paul ends his letter to the Romans by encouraging both Jewish believers and non Jewish believers to be in harmony. And he told those who were strong in the faith to help those who were weaker. Since we are all part of Christ’s body, we are one body. Right now I have a bit of…
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Wow! What a woman that Jael was, right? While Sisera slept, she put a tent peg, or other translations have it as a nail, through his head and nailed it to the ground. How many men do you think gave her a wide berth from then on? But let’s remember who this Sisera fellow was….
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Today we had in our various chapters a prayer not to sin, a prayer for safety, a prayer not to be killed, a prayer for victory and a psalm of praise. How often, when tempted to sin, have you just tried to grunt it out…to not sin on your own strength of will? How’d that…
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Paul’s scope today was pretty broad, wasn’t it? He started off with a message that is hard to swallow if you are a politically minded person. I’ve lived long enough to live under political administrations that I agreed with and those I disagreed with. All’s well if I agree with the powers that be, but…
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