Matthew 16:18: “And I say unto you, thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church.” Someone asked me a question about the word for church in the Aramaic. The word in the Greek is ekklesia which is a legal word and simply means the called out. Jesus most likely spoke these
Exodus 3:6: “I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” I have a 7:00 AM run in my disability bus four days a week where I pick up Jimmy and Andy and take them to the VA Hospital. Jimmy is an Iraq war
Exodus 3:6: “I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” I have a 7:00 AM run in my disability bus four days a week where I pick up Jimmy and Andy and take them to the VA Hospital. Jimmy is an Iraq
Genesis 1:27, “And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created He them. Genesis 2:18, “And the Lord God said: “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him. Ever notice that
Leviticus 19:3: “Each of you must respect your mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.” Leviticus 26:42: “Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.”
Psalms 27:4: “One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.” Star light, star bright The first star I see tonight;
Psalms 130:4, “For with thee there is forgiveness (סלח), that thou mayest be feared.” I remember as a child there was a little Sunday School we would sing, practically every Sunday. Gone Gone Gone Yes my sins are gone Buried in the deepest sea That’s good enough for me Praise God, my sins are gone.
Psalms 100:4, “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: “Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise.” The word in Hebrew for gates is sh’ar. When we hear the word gate we automatically think of a doorway that we pass through. Actually this word
Habakkuk 1:2: “O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! Even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!” Habakkuk 3:18: “Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.” Many books have been written about
Psalms 149:5: “Let the saints be joyful in glory, let them sing aloud upon their beds.” “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.” Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II, Scene II “Politics makes strange bedfellows.” Charles Dudley Warner The Psalm tells us to sing aloud upon our beds. This does not have quite
