In The Word Read 1 Peter 1:1-12 A Living Hope, and a Sure Salvation 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure. […]
Month: June 2017
Sin is an Act, Not a Person
In The Word Read Judges 21 Mourning Lost Tribe 21 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin in marriage.” 2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. 3 They said, “Why, O Lord, God of Israel, has this come […]
One Vision, One Strategy
In The Word Read Judges 20 Resolve to Punish the Guilty 20 Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah. 2 The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of […]
Stay the Course
In The Word Read Judges 19 A Levite’s Concubine Degraded 19 Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. 2 But his concubine played the harlot against him, […]
Do Not Turn Away
In The Word Read Judges 17-18 Micah’s Idolatry 17 Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah.2 He said to his mother, “The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.” And his mother […]
You Can Win In the End
In The Word Read Judges 16 Samson’s Weakness 16 Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. 2 When it was told to the Gazites, saying, “Samson has come here,” they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, “Let us […]
Obeying When God Speaks
In The Word Read Judges 13 Philistines Oppress Again 13 Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. 2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had […]
A Vow is a Vow
In The Word Read Judges 11:29-12:15 Jephthah’s Tragic Vow 29 Now the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, so that he passed through Gilead and Manasseh; then he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he went on to the sons of Ammon. 30 Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, “If You will indeed give the sons […]
We All Have a Past
In The Word Read Judges 10:6-11:28 6 Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. 7 The anger […]
Someone Is Always Listening
In The Word Read Judges 9:1-10:5 Abimelech’s Conspiracy 9 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother’s relatives, and spoke to them and to the whole clan of the household of his mother’s father, saying, 2 “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons […]