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The Levites Assignments
In Genesis God elected a people, in Exodus He redeemed them, in Leviticus He sanctified them, and in Numbers He directed them. Numbers takes up the story where Leviticus left off. Leviticus described the believer’s worship and Numbers their walk. Leviticus covers only one month, …
A Miraculous Catch of Fish
At “the Lake of Gennesaret,” which is another name for the Sea of Galilee, Jesus uses Peter’s boat as a pulpit from which to preach to the crowd on the shore (vv. 1-3). Dr. J. Vernon McGee said, “Every pulpit is a fishing boat, a place to give out the Word of …
Paul Confronts Peter About Hyprocrisy.
Apparently sometime after the conference described in the previous verses, Peter came from Jerusalem to Antioch (v. 11). At first he mingled freely with the Gentiles, enjoying their fellowship. Then some men from Jerusalem arrived who were following strict Jewish traditions. They …
Moses Identifies with God’s Chosen People
Stephen summed up the characteristics of Joseph in two words — grace and wisdom. 1. Grace in its simplest form means beauty. Its nearest English equivalent is charm. It would have been extremely easy for Joseph to become embittered. But he dealt faithfully with each duty as it …
The Drought Ends
When it was obvious that the prophets of Baal had failed, Elijah invited all the people to come near and observe what he would do. Elijah gathered the crowd around him as he repaired the altar that had been torn down (v. 30). He used 12 stones to represent the tribes of Israel …
God’s Spirit Poured Out
In this passage it seems that Joel has compressed together in prophetic fashion events separated by hundreds of years. Some of these special events of history are: The locust plague in Joel’s day. The day of Pentecost on which the Holy Spirit was made available to …
The Lord Transforms His People
Please recall from last time, the time jump from the years leading up to the Babylonian exile forward to the End of the Seven Year Tribulation. The Lord will come in judgment upon the whole earth, consuming it in his righteous anger (v. 8). Then and only then will the blessed promises in …
A Friend Loves at All Times
To justify the wicked and to condemn the righteous is to call evil good, and good evil (v. 15). This is hated by the Lord and any who operate in this manner are fools. There are many examples of this going on in our society today but one that is very glaring is the abortion iss …
Pride Goes Before Destruction
TEMPER IS WHAT GETS MANY OF US INTO TROUBLE. PRIDE KEEPS US THERE. These verses discuss pride, humility and disaster (vv. 18-19). Pride blinds and humility opens the eyes. It is easy to tolerate in ourselves what, when we see it in the life of someone else, fills us with disgu …