2 Peter 1:19, ‘And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you do well to pay attention, as to a lamp shining in dark place, until day should dawn and the morning star should rise in your hearts.’ Peter speaks of 3 lights: a lamp, the day, and the morning star. First, […]
Psalm 1:1-2, Blessed is the man…[whose] delight is in the law of YHWH…” The blessed person—that is, the deeply happy person—is the one who delights in YHWH’s law. Now, to delight in a thing is a sort of blessedness in and of itself, and to be blessed implies that that which we delight in
John 16:14-15, “He will glorify me, for He will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine…” I was reading through John 16 this morning and was once again struck by the unique role that Jesus tells us the Spirit fulfills. The Spirit glorifies the Son,
Luke 10:41-42, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but ONE THING is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” May the one thing Mary chose be the one thing we forever seek: to sit at the Lord’s feet, listen to His teaching,
Nehemiah 8:2-6 When Ezra ascends the wooden (xulon) platform in the sight of all Israel and proclaims the Law of YHWH, he is foreshadowing the day when God the Son will ascend the cross (xulon, “tree”) in the sight of all Israel and become the enfleshed and climactic declaration of YHWH’s Law (which is
1 John 4:6″Whoever knows God listens to us…” If we know God we will submissively listen to His inspired, written word
