by David Keesling | Aug 15, 2016 | 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 | Aug 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Exodus 33:15 “Then Moses said to him, ‘If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here’” (NIV). Observation: Moses had come off Mt. Sinai to the devastating scene of Hebrews worshiping a golden calf. In fury, God told Moses to lead the people away...
by David Keesling | Aug 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
Revelation 22:8-9 “I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. But he said to me, ‘Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God.’” Observation:...
by David Keesling | Aug 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Psalm 67:6-7 “The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God blesses us. God blesses us, that all the ends of the earth may fear Him.” Observation: This psalm of thanksgiving invokes God’s continued blessings upon Israel, that all the nations of the earth might see...
by David Keesling | Aug 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Psalm 47:2, 7-9 “How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great King over all the earth! . . . For God is the King of all the earth. . . . God reigns over the nations. . . . The kings of the earth belong to God” (NIV). Observation: This celebratory psalm demands...
by David Keesling | Aug 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
Matthew 15:9 “But in vain do they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.” Observation: Jesus had rebuked the Pharisees for exalting their own traditions above the clear teachings of God. In bringing these charges He quotes Isaiah 28:13, “This people...
