Psalm: 21 Meditation Matthew: In this parable, one of the sons obeyed his father – it was the one who had said he would not go into the vineyard. This son was representative of “prostitutes and tax collectors”; whereas the other son who said he would go but did not represented the chief priests and …
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Wednesday, December 2
Psalms: 19 Meditation Amos: Amos was a sheep breeder or shepherd from Judah sent to prophesy to Israel during the time of King Jeroboam II in about 754 B.C. He does not see himself as a prophet but as one burdened and outraged by the sin (idolatry) he witnesses in Samaria. The greatest sin was …
Tuesday, December 1
Psalm: 11, 15 Meditation 2 Peter: What are “these things” Peter speaks of in verse 12? Well, we have to cheat just a little. Go back to verses 5-7 to see what Peter is getting at. Throughout Peter exhorts his readers to remember: to keep in mind all that they had been taught. He is …
Monday, November 30
Psalm: 1, 2, 3 Meditation Matthew: This is Matthew’s account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. He rode upon a donkey (ass – KJV) which has some significance. while this verse (5) is fulfillment of Zechariah 9:9 virtually verbatim, the import finds itself footed in the Book of Judges (5:10). The judge and later the …
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Psalm: 145 Meditation Romans: “For if those who live by the Law are heirs… (v. 14) simply means that there is no need of God or His help. Then we would be on equal footing with God and then we would never kneel to Him, why bother? Still, God is holy and just and sin …
Sunday, April 5
Psalm: 24 Meditation 1 Timothy: Confession of faith is an on-going thing. Paul seeks to encourage Timothy yet at the same time, remind him that this Christian faith can often lead to persecution. To bring Timothy to the stark reality of the cost of discipleship, Paul reminds him of Jesus’ chat with Pilot – we …
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