Pronounce it Right
In a recent reading through Judges, I came across chapter 12 verse 6, and took note of a principle hidden therein… that regarding any word of God, God would have us to … “pronounce it right” – “for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.” (Jeremiah 34:5)
The Gospel
Have we ever really thought about the meaning of the word “gospel” as God uses it in his book? In searching out the word “gospel” I made a list of 40 things that God’s word says we are to do concerning it. Included in that list, we are to believe it, obey it, preach it, and publish it.
The Day Star
The “word” (or term) “day star” is one of those “words” that occurs only once in the entirety of the scriptures – in 2 Peter 1:19 (if you are reading the book of the LORD, as we are exhorted/commanded to do according to Isaiah 34:16). Do you believe that the LORD would say unto us “seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read…” but then not bother to give us the book of the LORD in our own language for us to be able to do what he says? God’s word tells us …
Free Will
In the word of the LORD (the KJB), it is as clear as the sun at noon on a cloudless day that God has given us our own free will. As with many foundational principles in the word of the LORD, the foundational principle of free will is given by God early in his word. It is in Leviticus Chapter 1. If you have the word of the LORD, you can read it for yourself…
“It is written”
Did you ever wonder what Jesus wrote when he stooped down and wrote on the ground as Satan’s scribes (and Pharisees) were tempting him (John 8:1-11)? Have you ever compared this almost-always-mis-understood passage with scripture itself (comparing spiritual things with spiritual so as to rightly divide the word of truth and understand more of the deep things of God)? An example of such a comparison …
Introduction to the Early Church – To the Jew First
Many believe that the church began at pentecost in Acts chapter 2. In the study entitled Introduction to the Early Church, we looked into what the word of the God says. For starters, we looked and saw a reference to the church, in Acts chapter 7, that goes back long before pentecost: to “the church in the wilderness” (Acts 7:38). And then, with that opening of the veil, we saw other references to the church in the “old testament” that further removed the veil and revealed the eye-opening truth of when the church truly began…
Examples & Ensamples
The word of God – the scriptures – gives us many things (words) that require study (which is work) so that we can “shew” ourselves approved unto God (see the post regarding the word “shew”); so that we can rightly divide the word of truth, and understand some of the deep things of God. One of those things is the division between two similar words, example and ensample. The study notes …
After Easter
As Easter was arriving, I took a fresh look at the passage in the word of God that mentions Easter: Acts 12. For this fresh look, I cleared my mind of all previous thoughts regarding Easter, and purposed to seek understanding solely from the words of scripture (and...
Highlights from Job – Part 2
In Part 2 of Highlights from Job, we considered the the Comforter and the comfort of the scriptures that he gives, as opposed to the “miserable comforters” and the “comfort” of vain words and mind-numbing medications that the world offers instead. We also looked into …
Highlights from Job – Part 1
Highlights from Job could be very expansive, as there are highlights upon highlights that could be … highlighted. In presenting highlights from Job , from my own recent personal studying through the book, I focused on things that brought other scriptures to mind, in keeping with the desire for “comparing spiritual things with spiritual,” and in keeping with the focus of the prior study that looked into the gospel according to Job…