WORD STUDY – CUT TO THE CHASE I Chronicles 12:32: “And the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred and all their brethren were at their command.” “These are times which try men’s soul.” Thomas Paine
WORD STUDY – REASON יקה Job 13:3: “Surely I would speak to the Almighty and I desire to reason with God.” I really can’t blame Job for wanting to reason with God. After all, God can be so unreasonable at times. I know I would like to just sit down with Him and explain my circumstances.
WORD STUDY – DON’T FENCE ME IN Micah 2:12-13: “I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make a great noise by reason of the
WORD STUDY – CHOOSE (ARAMAIC) גבא John 15:16: “Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” Something about the idea
WORD STUDY – VOMIT (ARAMAIC) – קוא John 15:7: “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” This is a wonderful promise given by Jesus, too bad it doesn’t always work. I mean I really do my best to
WORD STUDY – FORMED YOU – חול Deuteronomy 32:18: “Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.” This verse comes from the Song of Moses. God gave Moses prophetic instruction at the end of his life and to put it into a song that was to be
WORD STUDY: HE DOESN’T DELIGHT IN HORSES Psalms 147:10: “He delighteth not in the strength of horses; he takes not pleasure in the legs of man.” I am a great fan of the Sci-Fi “Star Gate” series. I take particular interest in the character of Dr. Daniel Jackson who is portrayed as a brilliant archeologist
WORD STUDY – DRINKING GOLD Exodus 32:20: “And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt [it] in the fire, and ground [it] to powder, and strawed [it] upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink [of it].” Exodus 32:26: “Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said,
WORD STUDY – OLD – זקנ Psalms 37:25: “I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” This morning my first passenger on my disability bus was a blind man who was Jewish and in the midst of celebrating the high holidays. We
WORD STUDY – COST חנמ I Chronicles 21:24: “And King David said to Ornan, Nay but I will verily buy it for the full price, for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord nor offer burnt offerings without a cost.” I don’t know about you, but I tend to interpret Scripture
