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Psalm 73:24. You shall guide me with your counsel and afterward receive me to glory.
The counsel of the Lord is one of the “great themes” of the bible and highlights the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer. The counsel of the Lord provides a covering for those who walk in obedience...
Colossians 2:16, 17. So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbath, which are a shadow of things to come, but the body of Christ.
Comprehending how the Sabbath is a shadow of things to come requires a perfect comprehension of the Sabbath itself...
Faithful in All God’s House
Hebrews 3:5. CLV.
And Moses, indeed, was faithful in His whole house as an attendant, for a testimony of that which shall be spoken.
The word doulos is used over 100 times in the New Testament to convey the idea of being a bondservant or purchased slaves of Christ...
1 John 5:20.
NKJV. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
CLV. Yet we are aware that the Son of God is arriving, and has given us...
Matthew 16:27. [KJV]. For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then He shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew 16:26. [CLV]. For the Son of Mankind is about to be coming in the glory of His Father, with His messengers, and then He will be...
1 Corinthians 1:30. Of Him, and you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us Wisdom and Righteousness, and Sanctification and Redemption.
In Our Covenant With God In Christ, the believer freely receives from heaven (grace), that they may freely give in service to the Lord (stewardship by...
Understanding divine truth requires divine wisdom.
This is taught in a simple, childlike way by Jesus; ‘Ask, and you will receive.’
This was also taught by his forerunner, John the Baptist:
John 3:27. John answered, “A man can possess nothing unless
it has been given to him from heaven.”...
Titus 1:8. Be a lover of hospitality.
1 Peter 4:9. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling.
For many people the mention of hospitality calls to mind Martha Stewart more than the Gospels. While it is worthy to mention the value of opening your home to others, there is a bit more being...
The second everlasting covenant became the most controversial and divisive issue for the New Testament congregations. In Genesis 17 God changed Abram’s name to Abraham to establish His everlasting covenant with him. God commanded that circumcision of every male be the token of that covenant...
In Exodus chapter three, Moses asks the Lord how he should respond if the children of Israel ask him for His name.
Exodus 3:13-15. Then Moses said to God, I come to the children of Israel and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? what...
Mark 10:17, 18. Now as He was going out on the road, one came running, knelt before Him, and asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.
The Messiah did not come into the world to...
Psalm 18:1. I will love You, O Lord, my strength.
Such a beautiful sentiment expressed here in the translation of this verse.
Examining the Hebrew, we find these words: Racham YHVH Khayzek
Racham is used 47 times in the OT, and means mercy and compassion. Yet in one single verse, it is...
Psalm 30:4. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
King David wrote Psalm 30 at the dedication of his house, which is mentioned in 2 Samuel 5. He had already reigned in Hebron for over seven years before the elders of Israel came to him.
2...
Job 10:12. You have granted me life and favor, and your visitation has preserved my spirit.
The word visitation-pekuddah (H6486) from pakad (H6485)-to visit, provides a basis for understanding the nature of covenant promises and the hope of prophecy.
The Israelites for 400 years in Egypt clung...
The Spirit of Meekness manifests when the human spirit is yoked to the Holy Spirit, in obedience. To be directed by the Voice of the Lord.
We can only serve, like Moses, in the spirit of meekness.
Numbers 12:3. Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the...
People often speak of "war and rumors of war", as well as global disasters as being signs of the end time. I would ask you today to look with fresh eyes and consider the Lord's heart in this regard.
Matthew 24:1. And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to Him to...
Beginning with the Law:
Deuteronomy 18:21,22. You may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’ When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has...
1 Corinthians 11:31&32. For if we were judging ourselves thoroughly, we wouldn’t be coming under judgment. But when we are judged, we are being disciplined by the Lord,
so that we might not be condemned along with the world.
We judge ourselves by discerning the body of Christ, as the gifts of...
Malachi 2:6, 7. The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips:
he walked with me in peace and equity, and turned many away from iniquity.
For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should
seek the law at his mouth:
for he is the messenger of the Lord of...
Receive Grace
John 1:16. And of his fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
What then is “grace for grace”?
This can be understood by these words of the Lord to His disciples:
Matthew 10:8. “freely you have received, freely give”.
Churches are full of people every Sunday...