by David Keesling | May 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Job 21:7 “Why do the wicked still live, continue on, also become very powerful?” Observation: Job was responding to the angry arguments of his friend Zophar. Zophar had made the claim that a wicked man’s prosperity is brief: “The triumphing of the wicked is short, and...
by David Keesling | May 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mark 3:2 “And they were watching Him to see if He would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him.” Observation: Mark here related a time when Christ entered the synagogue and healed a man with a withered hand. To this, the leaders responded by leaving the...
by David Keesling | May 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Job 19:21-22 “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me. Why do you persecute me as God does?” Observation: Job’s friends had repeatedly sought to convince him that his painful circumstances were due to some failure or sin on Job’s part....
by David Keesling | May 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
Acts 27:13 “When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing.” Observation: Paul was prisoner on a ship sailing for Rome under difficult circumstances. Never one to ignore an audience, Paul,...
by David Keesling | May 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Acts 21:10-11 “A prophet named Agabus…took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.”’”...
by David Keesling | May 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Job 9:3, 16 “If one wished to dispute with Him, he could not answer Him once in a thousand times…If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.” Observation: I am astounded as I read these verses at how good a handle Job...
