by David Keesling | Oct 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Galatians 6:1-2: “If someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. . . . Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ” (NIV). Observation: Paul emphasized how believers ought to relate to one another. He...
by David Keesling | Oct 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Galatians 5:1, 7 “Do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. . . . You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?” (NIV). Observation: Paul’s direct words are self-evident in their meaning. He challenges the...
by David Keesling | Oct 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 4:15-16 “You saw no form of any kind the day the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape” (NIV). Observation: Moses...
by David Keesling | Oct 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Galatians 2:2 “I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain” (NIV). Observation: Paul had first felt released to preach years earlier and was confident in his effectiveness because his reputation...
by David Keesling | Oct 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 3:28 “But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see” (NIV). Observation: Moses has asked the Lord for permission to cross the Jordan into the Promised...
by David Keesling | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Deuteronomy 2:25 “This very day I will begin to put the terror and fear of you on all the nations under heaven. They will hear reports of you and will tremble and be in anguish because of you” (NIV). Observation: Forty years of desert wandering had come to an end. It...
