The second section of Psalm 23 is a celebration. David has been invited to an extravagant banquet where the Lord is his host. Here there is a shift in David's thinking - in the first section of the psalm, God has provided for his needs. In the second section, there is an abundance ...
This comforting Bible verse is often read at funerals, because it gives us a clear description of heaven. When we're struggling to grieve a loved one, this verse gives us peace in knowing that our loved one is meeting "the Lord in the air" and that we should rest in knowing they now...
So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 40 Verse Concepts Mark 4:5 Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil...
10-11 According to most scholars, this dinner at Matthew's house likely occurred much later than... Mt 9:12-13 12-13 These verses again connect Jesus' healing ministry with his "healing" of sinners (see... Mt 9:14 14 Probably while they were at dinner...
2 Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart.3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.4 A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a...
Many Bible believing pastor preach the Gospel at the church house, and they preach "standards" of life, so they never teach the saints to become mature in the use of the Word of God. Let's talk about this before we all go into the ditch. ...
Verses 1-15 Here is a further account of the unfair trial which they gave to our Lord Jesus. The prosecutors carrying it on with great confusion among the people, and the judge with great confusion in his own breast, between both the narrative is such as is not easily reduced to method...
Verses 1-11 We have here instances, I. Of the kindness of Christ’s friends, and the provision made of respect and honour for him. Some friends he had, even in and about Jerusalem, that loved him, and never thought they could do enough for him, among whom, though Israel be not gath...
it need not be held to disprove the identity of kinnor and kinnura. Both methods may have been in use. In paintings discovered at Herculaneum there are several instances of the lyre being played with the hand; and there is no reason for supposing that the Hebrews were restricted to one me...
In these verses, we see that God appointed a woman named Deborah to be Israel's judge, a married woman who was also a prophet. We don't know anything about her husband, but we know a lot about her or at least we have one story to consider during her stint as a judge. ...