Psalm: 40 Meditation: PhilCan a Christian have a pedigree? Paul spends more time and effort reiterating what should be important to Christians and compares that to what made you acceptable to religion in the past. Paul continues to warn against teachers that preached additional requirements besides belief in Christ to be right with God. He …
Tag: Warning
Sunday, September 4
Psalm: 63:1-11 Meditation: 1 KingsThis passage shows that King Rehoboam had the wisdom not to challenge God’s warning and he sent his forces home rather than lose all his men. The new king of the Northern 10 Tribes, (Israel thereafter) Jeroboam starts off his kingship by returning his people to idolatry out of fear that …
Tuesday, March 8
Psalm: 139 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 …
Tuesday, December 29
Psalm: 18:1-20 Meditation: 2 John – John’s letter to the ‘elect lady’ is full of commendation and warnings. John spends much of his short letter warning her against false teachers and teachings. There were many people calling themselves Christians but not confessing the coming of Jesus in the flesh. What do false teachers look like …
Monday, December 21
Psalm: 62 Meditation Zephaniah: Zephaniah preached to Judah during the reign of righteous King Josiah. He spoke to warn them of coming judgment – not unlike the judgment brought upon the Northern Kingdom (Israel). He told them of the “day of the LORD” which was brought upon Judah for worshipping false gods. This final chapter …
Monday, October 12
Psalm: 4, 7 Meditation Jeremiah: Josiah was the last good and faithful king of Judah. Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was an evil, and it turns out, an arrogant king. Fair warning had been given during the reign of Josiah his father, but that waning was not heeded – that is why Josiah died young. Jehoiakim, …
Saturday, September 12
Psalms: 139 Meditation Philippians: “Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ…” (v. 18) This can only mean that they live a life which does not manifest the Holy Spirit in their lives. An enemy of the cross of Christ should bring tears to our eyes. Paul then pleads for unity, if not for …
Tuesday, August 11
Psalm: 17 Meditation Mark: For many people this is a difficult passage: the question of divorce. Today, unfortunately, even Christians tend to be cavalier about marriage. Perhaps Jesus didn’t mean what He said. That is a very dangerous thought because then we may second-guess everything He said. The next paragraph shows Our Lord welcoming children …
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