After being delivered through the sea, Israel rejoiced with a song Moses wrote. This is a tune I have set part of the song to: Who is Like You? Who is like You, O Yahweh? Who is like You – glorious in holiness? Who is like You, O Yahweh: Fearsome and famous – doing wonders! You stretched out Your Right […]
When Jesus was being arrested, Matthew quoted Him (26: 55,56) as saying that He had been teaching in the temple every day without being arrested. He asked why they were coming with clubs and spears in the night to conquer Him as if He was a criminal. Then He answered His question Himself: it had to be done the way […]
God’s people would be bolder and braver if their leaders were not afraid to speak about controversial subjects. Fear of losing license because of being leaders in difficult situations and having unpopular views keeps some leaders from leading people to God’s promises. In chapter 38 of Jeremiah’s record, he prophesied that Jerusalem would be taken by the Chaldeans, and that […]
On one of the very few occasions when Jesus’ disciples asked Him what He was talking about when He said something, He explained the parable of the sower (Luke 8:9-15). He will explain things to you as you ask in faith, too. The soils in the parable were: trodden hard from much traffic; rocky; among thorns; good ground. Any of […]
Two things Yahweh rewards happily are the conditions of hunger and humility. Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be filled. The son who wanted his inheritance early and wasted it hungered for the meals and liberties of his home and therefore returned to his father. Yahweh gave Israel bread from Heaven for their hunger. Yahweh leads the humble […]
Paul was trained in the art of enforcing the law. He was trained in the art of rhetoric – of arguing. He considered himself to be charged with a two-pronged advance assignment in the earth: instruct Israelis about the appearance of their King, and then to instruct Gentiles on the same subject. He was to introduce them all to a […]
Angels and other beings from Heaven have been the victims of much imaginative misrepresentation by humans. From impish babies with wings, to Cupid, to fairies, we have painted and sculpted them in ways that make them fit our stories since we don’t have too many stories or details about them from God’s stories. If the warriors we need working with […]
Peter was preaching to a crowd that had gathered when he and John healed the lame man at the Beautiful Gate when he told them that Jesus would be in Heaven until “the restitution of all things.’ (Acts 3:21 KJV). Revival is a word that means “bring back to life.” Restitution means something was paid for, or repaid after theft, […]
You can’t see His Kingdom if you have not been born of Him (John 3:3). Once your eyes have been transformed by His Light, you can begin to see His Kingdom in many different places and times. This is a view of it from a place of exile in which His people found themselves; a place where He raised His […]
After seeing their God do one more great work of delivering them and destroying their enemies, Israel changed their tune. At least for one afternoon. Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said, ” I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider He has hurled […]