Once they saw, they understood. The sound of the mockingbird is beautiful at 2PM. It is raucus noise at 2AM. Yet the song is the same. At two in the morning I don’t want to hear it. I want to sleep. I wonder how many other things I see, hear, and dont understand, yet want [...]
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Luke 2:17: When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, Leave a comment
Eph 5:6: “Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.” Leave a comment
He has convinced himself of God’s favor, so therefore believes God is pleased and will guarantee him a spot in heaven. It is a false gospel with a false notion that God is waiting in hopeful anticipation of yet another coming to ‘accept him’. In all this, God is taken off the throne and relegated [...]
Ex 20:5: “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;” Leave a comment
Bad habits, bad relationships, the fruit of sin, etc, are generally passed to the next generation. Why is God a jealous God? It is important to understand how the word “jealous” is used. Its use in Exodus 20:5 to describe God is different from how it is used to describe the sin of jealousy (Galatians [...]
Eph 2:3: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. Leave a comment
We are all “by nature children of wrath” because we are all by nature sinners–for God’s wrath is not on a person unless they are a sinner and deserve that wrath. And since we are sinners by nature, we see that sin is not just something you do, it is something you are.
Prov 22:6: Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it Leave a comment
The modern world has two extremes in this area. Some insist on no coercion for children and adults alike, a totally permissive society. We are living in terms of this anarchy today to a considerable degree. The other extreme is to say that, because most men are children of all their lives, they need controlling [...]
Josh 7:1: But the children of Israel committed a trespass regarding the accursed things, for Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed things; so the anger of the LORD burned against the children of Israel. Leave a comment
As a result of this sacrilege, committed by one man while representing the nation, the nation itself felt the impact of God’s judgment. As they sought to capture Ai, not an important city, they found themselves unexpectedly defeated.
I John 5:21: Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. Leave a comment
An interesting way to end the letter.
Josh 2:2: And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. Leave a comment
Some versions translate this as “spy” out the country. The suggestion implies the use of espionage.
I Sam 15: 3: “Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.” Leave a comment
The fact that God’s judgment extends to children and infants must indicate that they are sinners. These passages should alert us to the fact that we have a very low, weak view of sin. We tend to think of sin as not being that big of a deal. But God considers sin to be so [...]
Is 1:2: Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. Leave a comment
They forsook the one who gave them health. God Begins by calling the world to come to his courtroom and listen to the proceedings as He tries His people. God does not do anything in a corner or in the dark
Matt 18:3-5: And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. Leave a comment
The Greek word Jesus uses for converted here means “a sharp twist.” Christ was telling these men, “You must undergo a sudden turning, a sharp twist, in your theology. You have to quickly turn away from all your thoughts of how to become special in my kingdom through your own works. That is the old [...]
