The first day of the week…Mark 16:2 The Bible makes it clear that the first day of the week is not the Sabbath, Mark 16:1 & 2: Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, that they would come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning, […]
the angel spoke with me…Zechariah 1:13 Something happened last night at the men’s Bible study that bears repeating. It was the combined effort of men using the Bible to understand the Bible. We were trying to make sense of another vision God gave Zechariah. In this vision, a man is measuring Jerusalem revealing it is […]
The Lord is my strength…Exodus 15:2 Thus begins the second stanza of the Song of Moses as recorded in Exodus 15:1 thru 19. When the people finished the Song of Moses Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron took the timbrel and the women sang the Song of Miriam, and they danced, Exodus 20:20-21. The […]
Commander of the army of the Lord…Joshua 5:14 Chapter 5 reveals the end of manna and the beginning of war. The manna ended when they ate the produce of the land, verse 12. In the land, they celebrated Passover on the fourteenth day of the month as they were instructed to do, verse 10. Then […]
God is with you…Deuteronomy 20:1 This Moses said to Israel as they prepared to enter the land. The land was theirs, just as soon as they took it back. Salvation is a gift, just as soon as you receive it. God appointed a priest to prepare them for battle. Jesus, our high priest, has prepared […]
Perfect in weakness…2 Corinthians 12:9 We are not hanging on to our salvation. God is hanging on to us! God is not remodeling us. We are His finished work; a new creation. Having begun our new life in Christ, we should continue in grace. This is exactly what Paul and Barnabas said in Antioch, Acts […]
Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? Luke 14:3 Many of the conflicts between Jesus and the Jewish leadership were over the Sabbath. The presence of Jesus challenged their concept of the law. It appears Jesus was grieved by their emphasis on law keeping. Especially since many of the leaders were willing to break […]