by David Keesling | Feb 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hebrews 5:8 “Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.” Observation: Does it seem odd that God had something to learn? Isn’t He the all-knowing One, the very Source of knowledge itself? Yet here, speaking of Jesus, the Bible makes...
by David Keesling | Feb 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 12:21-22 “You must not turn aside for then you would go after futile things which cannot profit or deliver, because they are futile. For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people...
by David Keesling | Feb 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
2 John 6 “And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments.” Observation: We are unsure whether John was writing to an individual believer or to a church, but the book makes three primary points: (1) a commandment to love one another, (2) an affirmation...
by David Keesling | Feb 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Amos 4:6, 8, 9, 10, 11 “’Yet you have not returned to me,’ declares the Lord” (NIV). Observation: In each of these five verses God testified of Israel’s sin and established justification for coming judgment. He recounted things He had done to show His commitment to...
by David Keesling | Feb 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
1 Kings 13:21 “’You have disobeyed the command of the Lord, and have not observed the commandment which the Lord your God commanded you.’” Observation: The prophet from Judah had spoken the word of the Lord to King Jeroboam concerning the king’s sinful behavior. The...
by David Keesling | Feb 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
Numbers 4:15, 20 “After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites are to come to do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die. The...
