by David Keesling | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
1 Corinthians 9:1 “Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?” Observation: Paul has just finished saying in 1 Corinthians 8:13: “Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again,...
by David Keesling | Aug 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
1 Corinthians 7:35 “This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint on you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.” Observation: Paul was sharing what he understood God’s desire to be regarding marriage. He...
by David Keesling | Aug 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Job 34:10 “Far be it from God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to do wrong.” Observation: This chapter finds Elihu on a roll, convinced he has the root of Job’s trouble all figured out: it’s Job! Though Elihu’s theories will require some adjustment in future...
by David Keesling | Aug 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
1 Corinthians 1:9; 2:14 “God is faithful. …But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God.” Observation: Paul was spiritual father to the Corinthians, having been first to preach the Gospel there on an earlier trip. Corinth was a remarkably wicked...
by David Keesling | Aug 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Job 30:20 “I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.” Observation: There are two elements to Job’s lament in chapter 30. First is a comparison of his present devastation with his former life. In the...
by David Keesling | Aug 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Job 29:2 “Oh that I were as in months gone by.” Observation: Job 29 is a walk with Job back in time to the days before his afflictions began. He recalled what it was like to have been in the prime of life knowing that God’s friendship spilled over and blessed every...
