Christ has made us free…Galatians 5:1 And do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage, verse 1. Paul draws from the wilderness experience of Israel. Moses had led them out of bondage to Pharaoh in Egypt to Mt. Sinai. There they received their instructions on how to enjoy their freedom. They were not […]

Remember the Law of Moses…Malachi 4:4 Before the long silence, God spoke through Malachi. Before the arrival of John the Baptist, there were hundreds of years of silence from the prophets. Malachi chapter 4 are the final words of the last prophet before John. God’s last words announced the arrival of Jesus, the Messiah of […]

How much more…Hebrews 9:14 We are set free from our sins by faith. Faith in what Jesus did. For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies the purifying of the flesh, how much more… The sacrifices appointed by God pointed to Jesus.  The Tabernacle, the priests, and […]

But now in Christ Jesus…Ephesians 2:13 Verse 12: at that time, you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenant of promise, having no hope and without God in the world…Verse 13: but now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood […]

On the third day…Exodus 19:16 In the third month after leaving Egypt, the children of Israel came to the foot of Mt. Sinai, Exodus 19:1-2.  On the third day, God called for Moses to come up to Him, Verse 20.  There, on Mt. Sinai, Moses received the commandments of God written on stone. Shavuot, or […]

At the beginning of your supplications the command went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Daniel 9:23. This is the first of three times God sends a message to Daniel that he is loved greatly; 9:23 and 10:13 and 10:19.  The next time the word ‘beloved’ appears is in […]

Desires all men to be saved…1 Timothy 2:4 The Bible says God desires everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of truth. How can we motivate people to desire what God desires for them? The answer could be in the context of 1 Timothy 2: verse 1: Therefore, I exhort first of all […]

And this I pray…Philippians 1:9 …that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the […]

Train up a child…Proverbs 22:6 We have looked at this verse before. Determining God oversees His people. Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.  It implies a partnership with God. We train, God oversees.   Our training of the child implies two things. First, […]

Has seen the Father…John 14:9 Like the apostles, we sometimes find following Jesus difficult. That is, we find it hard to explain that Jesus and the Father are one. Philip did. Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father and it is sufficient for us. Jesus said, Have I been with you so long, and […]