2020 has been a wild ride. It was exciting at first because “2020” is a cool number. There was a virus flying around, but that was on the other side of the world. We have great medical technology, right? We’ll be ok.
Woops.
Continue reading2020 has been a wild ride. It was exciting at first because “2020” is a cool number. There was a virus flying around, but that was on the other side of the world. We have great medical technology, right? We’ll be ok.
Woops.
Continue readingAaron, brother of Moses, had two sons. Nadab and Abihu. Like many of us, they played with fire. Unfortunately, they suffered consequences most of us never faced.
Continue readingGenesis 2:1-3 (ESV), 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation. The Creation of Man and Woman
Continue readingDaniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom;
Darius – Ruled 538-536 BC. He took over when God judged Belshazzar (Daniel 5) and split his kingdom between the Medes and Persians. Darius was appointed king of Babylon and here we join the story with him setting up the hierarchy of Babylon.
Continue readingThe Book of Daniel was written by a prophet named Daniel. Daniel is categorized under the Major Prophets of the Bible. Daniel lived in Babylon under several rules. He had friends that were taken with him that he kept fellowship with. He never wavered in his faith or his walk with God. But who was Daniel?
Continue readingDaniel 5:1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand.
He made a great feast, and was drinking wine in the presence of thousands.
Who is Belshazzar?
Continue readingA Study of Jude
Jude is an epistle (letter) written by Jude, brother of James written between 70 and 90 AD. It is believed by most scholars that this Jude is not the Apostle Jude (son of James), but rather the half brother of Jesus. Matthew 13:55 records Jesus’ brothers’ names as James and Judas, but english translations change the name to Jude, possibly for the same reason that today no one would name their child Judas. This letter was written to Christians.
Continue readingDaniel was a young man living in Judah when they were attacked by the king of Babylon. Many people were enslaved and taken away to live there as a result. Daniel was not only a prophet, but a true example of how our relationship with God should be. He walked with Him with unwavering faith. As a result, God blessed him throughout his captivity, even to the point where he was over the entire city during multiple regimes.
Israel’s Rejection of Christ
Romans 9:1-5, I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, 2 that I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, 4 who are Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God, and the promises; 5 of whom are the fathers and from whom, according to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, the eternally blessed God. Amen.
Paul’s Overall Message
Paul is pouring out his heart to the Romans about Israel’s rejection of Christ. He comes with a message of truth in Christ of something that is laying a great deal of continual sorrow in his heart. The message is that he wishes he could be accursed from Christ for his countrymen. The people of Rome, of which Paul was a citizen.
The Christian Playbook
In this third and final piece of Romans 12 (NKJV), I am going to take you verse by verse of Romans 12:9-21. This is what I’m calling “The Christian Playbook”. Some bible’s headings have “Behave Like a Christian”. Today we’re going to learn how to behave like a Christian by examining the Christian Playbook.