February 2011
9 posts
FAR BE IT
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Gal 6v14
The Lord delights.
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love; justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9v23,24
Those justified by faith, shall really live.
The righteous shall live by his faith. Habakkuk 2v4b
This verse in Habakkuk reappears in the New Testament 3 times, and is expounded on.
Romans 1v17 ”THE JUST shall live by faith.”
Galatians 3v11 “The just SHALL LIVE by faith.
Hebrews 10v38 The just shall live BY FAITH.
Another way to interpret this is, “Those justified by faith, shall really live.”
Where...
Every detail is there by design
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; but the glory of kings to search out a matter. Prov 25v2”
A lot of this is summarized and taken from Dr. Chuck Missler
Enoch was told that as long as his son was alive, the forthcoming judgement of the flood (of Noah) would be withheld. Enoch named his son using two Hebrew roots: muth, which means “his death” and shelac,...
Poetry
“Born in the East and clothed in Oriental form and imagery,
the bible walks the ways of the world with familiar feet
and enters land after land to find its own everywhere.
It has learned to speak in hundreds of languages to the heart of man.
Children listen to its stories with wonder and delight,
and wise men ponder them as parables of life.
The wicked and the proud tremble at its...
If you hate the taste of wine
Why do you drink it...
The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever. Psalms 119v160
