by David Keesling | Oct 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mark 9:7 “This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!” Observation: Peter, James, and John had gone with Jesus to a high mountain where Jesus was transfigured into a heavenly being whose garments radiated such whiteness as to be otherworldly. Elijah and Moses...
by David Keesling | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Job 21:7 “Why do the wicked still live, continue on, also become very powerful?” Observation: Job was responding to the angry arguments of his friend Zophar. Zophar had made the claim that a wicked man’s prosperity is brief: “The triumphing of the...
by David Keesling | Oct 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mark 3:2 “And they were watching Him to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.” Observation: Mark here related a time when Christ entered the synagogue and healed a man with a withered hand. To this, the leaders responded by...
by David Keesling | Oct 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Job 19:21-22 “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me. Why do you persecute me as God does?” Observation: Job’s friends had repeatedly sought to convince him that his painful circumstances were due to some failure or sin on...
by David Keesling | Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Acts 27:13 “When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing.” Observation: Paul was prisoner on a ship sailing for Rome under difficult circumstances. Never one to ignore an...