11 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. 2 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. 3 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I ...
child and infant, out of Judah, leaving none to remain,8in that youprovoke Me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt where you have gone to dwell, that you may cut yourselves off and bea curse and a reproach among all the nations ...
when I appear,The phrase "when I appear" suggests that Job's presence alone is enough to provoke derision. This indicates that his suffering and the visible signs of his affliction have become a spectacle. In the cultural context of the time, physical appearance was often associated with one...
/ So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “And he was numbered with the transgressors.”John 19:18There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.Matthew 16:28Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before ...
When John says “I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit” (Revelation 9:1) he obviously is not talking about a literal star falling from heaven and being handed a set of keys. That is a symbolic reference to Satan ...
” (Matthew 6:9, KJV). Even though we enjoy an intimate relationship that can only occur between a child and a father, we should never use God’s Name lightly or in a trite or flippant manner. Instead, the Scriptures encourage us to honor and reverence it, placing it high above all ...
Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Background Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25 Devotional Reading: Galatians 4:1-7 Matthew 1:18–25 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost...
Still though, I was able to get behind this. It’s surprisingly easy to support this rhetoric when I myself never will have to. Also, I’m a firm believer in the power of the atonement. It is boundless, after all. All LGBT people needed to do is repent, right?! There isn’t a...
I can think of another passage of Scripture that ties in here, 1 Peter 3:1, that “If any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives.” -- i.e. married women should ...
After the natal and childhood passages, the Lord Jesus is introduced to the reader as a preacher. Our Lord announced that the purpose in His coming to earth was to preach: “But he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns a...