Jeremiah 42:11 “Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; be not afraid of him, says the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.” Jeremiah 42-43 tells us an amazing story. Judah has now been conquered by Babylon. The Babylonian army has
I Corinthians 12:24: “And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood…”
Psalms 121:5 “The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.” There’s a somebody I’m longing to see I hope that he turns out to be Someone to watch over me I’m a little lamb who’s lost in a wood I know I could always be good To one who’ll watch over me George
Psalms 34:18 The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. I once had an orthodox rabbi tell me, “You Christians, you do not understand the heart of David, you are so one dimensional.” Indeed we are, for we automatically assume that
Genesis 3:24: “So he drove out the man; and he placed at the East of the garden of Eden Cherubim’s and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” We don’t hear much talk about hell in the sense of it being a real place now
Hosea 2:22: “And the earth shall hear the corn and the wine, and the oil and they shall hear Jezreel.” If there is any chapter in the Bible which expresses the heart of God it is Hosea 2. We have a picture of Hosea who was married to an unfaithful woman and yet he
Hosea 11:3: “I taught Ephraim to go, taking them by their arm, but they knew not that I healed them.” I remember when I was student at Moody and I asked my professor who Ephraim was. He said it was just another name for Israel. I asked why he just didn’t say Israel. I
Hosea 6:5: “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” “Action speaks louder than words, but nearly as often.” Mark Twain This is a very curious passage. On the surface this passage means exactly what it is saying: God would rather we show mercy or
Hosea 5:15; “I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their offence and seek my face, in their affliction they will seek me early.” By my count, the Old Testament mentions that God will not forsake us twenty two times. Yet, from the way this passage is rendered, it sounds like
Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject you, thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” I consider these little studies a personal journey and not really teachings. I
