WORD STUDY – THE AGREEMENT Isaiah 7:11-12: “Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy God, ask it either in the depth or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask neither will I tempt the Lord.” Luke 12:24: “To whom much is given, much is expected.” I believe we all, at
WORD STUDY – ABIDE IN CHRIST – ARAMAIC – קוא John 15:6: “If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.” I grew up in a Baptist fundamentalist church where evangelism was our
WORD STUDY – Eli Eli lama sabachthani (My Destiny) Matthew 27:46: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Genesis 15:9-10: “And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old,
WORD STUDY – UNJUST GAIN – בצח Jeremiah 51:13: “O’ you who dwell by many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, and the measure of your covetousness.” Clearly the context of this passage related to a judgment against Babylon. So why should a prophecy of judgment against a city that existed over
WORD STUDY – A MAN INBETWEEN 1 Samuel 17:4: “And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.” I read something this morning in the Talmud that sent me to I Samuel 17 and the old story of David
WORD STUDY – SEE GOD לאלהאנחזו(ARAMAIC) Matthew 5:8: “Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” “It’s a highway to heaven None can walk up there But the pure in heart” – Tommy Dorsey I caught a couple episodes of the 43 year old TV series Highway to Heaven on Pure
WORD STUDY – SELF SEEKING – עמרr Amos 2:12-13: “But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Prophesy not.’ Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.” Amos is a contemporary of Isaiah, Micah, and Hosea. He came from a little farming
WORD STUDY – UNSEARCHABLE – אינחקר Psalms 145:3: “Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness [is] unsearchable.” “God is quite capable of seducing His own partner, He just wants the band leader to provide the right music, not to shame His date into dancing.” Chaim Bentorah Our English word for
