Psalm: 102 Meditation: GenGod’s preservation and protection continue in the life of Jacob. In this passage the God of Jacob’s ancestors becomes the God of a humbled Jacob, now called Israel. Jacob, who had always relied on his own intellect, strength or cunning would be crippled but rely on God’s divine grace. Jacob’s meeting with …
Tag: Grace
Friday, April 8
Psalms 22, 95 Meditation Romans: ’Tis is a stern warning against complacency. We have seen how the Jews believed that they were chosen by God just by accident of birth. God, in essence, “got stuck with them” regardless of their lack of faith. Here Paul is warning the Gentiles that what can be given can …
Monday, March 14
Psalm: 38 Meditation Romans: “…we received grace and apostleship to call people from all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith.” (v. 4) “Obedience” – where did that come from? We are called to observe only 2 commandments: 1) to love God with our whole heart, mind, strength and soul and 2) love …
Wednesday, July 14
Psalm: 49 Meditation Romans: More about promises (see Monday’s meditation). Paul, himself a Pharisee, perhaps much of the Pentateuch (Torah – the first 5 books of the O.T.: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). Paul also aches for Israel – his kinsman and would gladly trade his redemption for theirs. Does any of us have that …
Monday, July 5
Psalm: 85 Meditation Romans: Paul here delves into that salty issue of sin vs. grace. While we are no longer under Law does not give us license to sin. At tis point we are just beginning our walk with Christ and also our sanctification. “Should we sin because we are not under Law but under …
Monday, February 1
Psalm 56 Meditation: Genesis – How horrible must the people of Sodom and Gamora have been for God to find wiping the entire valley out of existence the best course of action. God only threatens, and occasionally fulfills these threats, to exterminate an entire populace when people completely turn from him and fully embracing evil. …
Friday, December 4
Psalms: 22 Meditation Jude: This “general” epistle of Jude has all the earmarks of an impending judgment very much like those visited upon Israel and Judah in Old Testament days. Jude talks of godless men who change the grace of God into a license to be immoral. I suspect this is true of any age …
Generosity
Grace is any gift that God gives to undeserving sinners. God’s forgiveness is grace. Our spiritual gifts, the special abilities that we have been given by God to strengthen the church, are also grace. But have you ever thought of your generosity to others as God’s grace to you? I didn’t until I came across …
Friday, April 3
Psalms: 6, 95 Meditation Romans: ’Tis is a stern warning against complacency. We have seen how the Jews believed that they were chosen by God just by accident of birth. God, in essence, “got stuck with them” regardless of their lack of faith. Here Paul is warning the Gentiles that what can be given can …
Tuesday, March 3
Psalm: 13 Meditation Deuteronomy here gives us a warning against self-righteousness where the Israelites (and we) tend to believe that our own righteousness defeats the enemy – not so! Anytime we entertain the notion that we are deserving of anything, it’s time to re-examine our motives. While in one sense this is true, we, of …
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