by David Keesling | Feb 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Acts 3:26 “For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways.” Observation: Paul had called his listeners to repent, that they might have their sins wiped away and experience times of refreshing. He...
by David Keesling | Feb 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
Exodus 3:3–4 “So Moses said, ‘I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up.’ When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’”...
by David Keesling | Feb 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Daniel 1:2 “And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God.” Observation: Daniel’s beginning sets the stage for some troubling personal reflection. Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had besieged...
by David Keesling | Feb 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Lamentations 5:3 “We have become orphans without a father…” (NAS) Observation: The Jews are in Babylonian captivity, having lost everything. Their inheritance (v. 2) had been “turned over to strangers,” their houses had been forfeited to aliens. Everything they...
by David Keesling | Feb 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Ezekiel 20:1 “Now it came about in the seventh year, on the fifth month on the tenth of the month, some of the elders came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.” (NAS) Observation: Ezekiel was Israel’s prophet-in-exile; he had been captured by Nebuchadnezzar’s...
