Biblical Hebrew, like most languages, is sprinkled with idioms, when specific words are used to mean something different from what they actually say. One idiom in the Old Testament is “Mi-yitten.” “Mi” is the question “who?” and “yitten” means “will give.” So, literally, “Mi-yitten” is “Who will give?” In the Old Testament, however, the phrase … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Deuteronomy 5:22-29; Deuteronomy 4:25-31; Deuteronomy 30:1-10; Matthew 3:1-8; Mark 1:15; Acts 2.37-38. Memory Text: “But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul” (Deuteronomy 4:29). A simple fact of life follows us all: we are sinful. … Continue reading –>
Prayer of Faith in Dallas By Ruber Leal I needed encouragement, and God gave it in a most unexpected way. For the past two years, I have come once a week to a public library in Dallas, in the U.S. state of Texas, to work on my doctoral dissertation. A homeless man who often reads … Continue reading –>
Further Thought: Then, as now, we all are given a choice. The crucial word here is choice. Unlike a certain understanding of Christianity, in which, even before humans were born, God predestined some people not just to be lost but even to burn in hell forever, Scripture teaches that our own free choice of life … Continue reading –>
Central to the covenant relationship between the Lord and Israel was worship. What made the Israelites different from all the world around them was that they alone as a nation were worshiping the true God, as opposed to the false gods and goddesses of the pagan world, which were really no gods at all. “Now … Continue reading –>
Deuteronomy 30 opens with the Lord telling what would happen if the people repented and turned away from their evil ways. What wonderful promises were offered them too! Read Deuteronomy 30:1-10. What are the promises given them by God, even despite the fact that this is talking about what would happen to them if they disobeyed? … Continue reading –>
Toward the end of the book of Deuteronomy, after a long discourse on what will happen to the people if they disobey the Lord and violate the covenant promises, Deuteronomy 30 begins with a promise that even if they fell into disobedience and were punished with exile, God would nevertheless restore them to the land. … Continue reading –>
All through the Bible, we are presented with one of two choices. Two options are presented here for us. Read the following texts. What two options, what two choices, are either openly stated or implied in these texts and how are these options presented? John 3:16 Genesis 7.22-23 Romans 6:23 Romans 8:6 1 John 5:12 Matthew … Continue reading –>
None of us asked to be here, did we? We didn’t choose to come into existence any more than we chose where and when we were born and who our parents were. It was the same with Adam and Eve. They no more chose to be created by God than did a leaf, a rock, … Continue reading –>
Sabbath Afternoon Read for This Week’s Study: Genesis 2.8-9; Romans 6:23; 1 John 5:12; Deuteronomy 30:1-20; Romans 10:6-10; Deuteronomy 4:19; Revelation 14:6-12. Memory Text: “I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19). Always, it’s a sad … Continue reading –>
