“The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile theirContinue reading “Purity in the Church”
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Our Only Right Way
“But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai” (Numbers 3:4a, ESV) I have heard it said there is a right way, a wrong way, and my way to do anything. It is a rather confusing statement. For how could there be threeContinue reading “Our Only Right Way”
Proper Clothing
“I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.” (IsaiahContinue reading “Proper Clothing”
Access to the Throne of Grace
“Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.” (Isaiah 59:1–2, ESV) When I grew up, my dadContinue reading “Access to the Throne of Grace”
Complete Victory
4 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. 6 All we likeContinue reading “Complete Victory”
Enough Is Enough
“For a long time I have held my peace; I have kept still and restrained myself; now I will cry out like a woman in labor; I will gasp and pant.” (Isaiah 42:14, ESV) When I was a boy, I remember watching the cartoons in the morning. One of the cartoons we watched was PopeyeContinue reading “Enough Is Enough”
Put Your House in Order
“In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.”” (Isaiah 38:1, ESV) The Lord had spoken to Hezekiah thatContinue reading “Put Your House in Order”
A Living Hope
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3, ESV) For today’s post, I thought to change things up. I have had a lotContinue reading “A Living Hope”
Trust God Not Man
“And the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, ‘Behold, this is what has happened to those in whom we hoped and to whom we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria! And we, how shall we escape?’” (Isaiah 20:6, ESV) Today, we as a nation seem to beContinue reading “Trust God Not Man”
A Day Is Coming
“Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!” (Isaiah 13:6, ESV) We see the phrase, “the day of the Lord,” frequently in the Scriptures. Many see this as pointing to one specific day when the Lord will return victoriously to bring judgment on the unbelieving. However,Continue reading “A Day Is Coming”
Renewing the Heart 