David Guzik commentary on 1 Peter 2, where Peter explains how to come to Jesus through His word and how those who have come to Jesus are to live.
i. The idea of do not be unequally yoked together is based on Deuteronomy 22:10, which prohibited yoking together two different animals. It speaks of joining two things that should not be joined. ii. In what ways had the Corinthian Christians become unequally yoked together with unbelievers...
ii. Sorcery is universally condemned in the Bible (Exodus 22:18, Deuteronomy 18:10, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Revelation 21:8 and 22:15). In both the Old and New Testaments, the word sorcery was connected with the making and taking of drugs. 10. (14-19) The fourth day of creation: the...
i. In Deuteronomy 7:7-8, God explained the reason He set His attention on Israel to rescue them: The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples; but because the LORD loves you, and...
i. Several commentators believe that Paul also spoke of God’s inheritance in His people back inEphesians 1:11. But that is certainly his idea here, with Paul probably drawing his idea fromDeuteronomy 32:8-9:When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, when He separated the...
iii. “The word ‘image’ is semel, which occurs elsewhere only in Deuteronomy 4:16 (where it is translated ‘figure’) and in 2 Chronicles 33:7,15, of a special ‘idol’ set up by King Manasseh in the Temple. Although this idol was later removed, Ezekiel’s use of the word may ...
He was once scandalized by a crucified Christ; it infuriated him that one obviously cursed by God (according to Deuteronomy 21:23) should be honored as Messiah and Lord. So, he persecuted the church before being confronted by Jesus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9). iii. As much as ...
Second, they made a burnt offering to the LORD away from the tabernacle, which violated the command in Deuteronomy 12:5-6. Yet God knew both their hearts and the remarkable circumstances, and He was no doubt honored. d. The Levites took down the ark of the LORD: The Israelites were ...
i. Into your own land:“God didn’t give them the land because of their righteousness (Deuteronomy 9:6), and He won’t restore the land because of anything good they have done. God in His grace gives us what we don’t deserve.” (Wiersbe) ii. Throughout the Bible, God reveals His...
i. Deuteronomy 25:3 says: Forty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight. Accordingly, the Rabbis restricted the number of stripes you could give to 39 (forty stripes minus one...