Sharp Elbows

John 5:7: “The sick man answered Him, ‘Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Observation: The man had been sick for thirty-eight years. He had taken his daily trip to the Pool of...

Manassehs and Hezekiahs

2 Kings 21:9: “But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel.   Observation: Manasseh was the longest-serving king in Judah’s history. His father was the godly King...

Hide and Seek

Isaiah 65:1: “I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, ‘Here am I, Here am I,’ to a nation which did not call on My name.” Isaiah 66:1-2: “Thus says the LORD, ‘Heaven is my...

Mostly Dead

Jeremiah 5:1: “Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, then I will pardon her. John 12:24-25: “Truly, truly I say to you,...

Watchmen

Isaiah 62:6-7: “On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest of yourselves; and give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”  ...