Tomb of Revenge

Matthew 28:1 “After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb” (NIV). Observation:  At week’s beginning the two Marys had for the second time gone to Christ’s gravesite. Arriving after a great...

Stunted Sovereignty

Psalm 51:4 “Against You, You only, I have sinned.” Observation: David’s adultery with Bathsheba had resulted in her pregnancy (see 2 Samuel 11, 12). In an attempt to cover his sin, David called her husband Uriah from the battlefield for a home visit, hoping it would...

Something More

John 20:22–23: “He breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.’”Observation: Mary had been first to arrive at the tomb. Finding...

My Own Worst Enemy

Jeremiah 23:2–3: “’You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds,’ declares the LORD.”  John 19:10–11: “Pilate said to Him, ‘You do not speak to me? Do...

Plundering the Enemy

2 Kings 24:13: “And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the kings house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord.”   Observation: The king of...

Hammer or Oven?

Jeremiah 18:3–6: “Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make....