Highlighting the Enemy’s Claims

Highlighting the Enemy’s Claims

2 Kings 18:31–32 “Thus says the King of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me and come out to me and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and...

Renewal of All Things

Renewal of All Things

2 Chronicles 29:10 “Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us.” Observation: Hezekiah’s father Ahaz had been an abominable king for sixteen years. He reinforced and encouraged Baal worship, even...

Standing Alone

Standing Alone

2 Chronicles 28:10–11 “Now you are proposing to subjugate for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves. Surely, do you not have transgressions of your own against the Lord your God? Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives...

What About Now?

What About Now?

Isaiah 32:1 “Behold a king will reign righteously, and princes will rule justly.” Observation: Isaiah 32 depicts a time in the future during the millennial reign of Christ when He will reign righteously, and princes will rule justly. Leadership then will be good, as...

Dryness Within

Dryness Within

Isaiah 29:1–2, 13 “Woe O Ariel, Ariel the city where David once camped! Add year to year, observe your feasts on schedule. I will bring distress to Ariel, and she will be a city of lamenting and mourning. … This people draw near with their words and honor Me with...

Devastation

Devastation

1 Kings 9:8 “And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house?’” Observation: God is appearing to Solomon upon the completion of the temple, which is an...

Prayerlessness

Prayerlessness

2 Chronicles 6:18–19 “Will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built. Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to...

Salvation through the Law

Salvation through the Law

Romans 2:12–15 “For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law, for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. For...

Overwhelmed by His Presence

Overwhelmed by His Presence

Psalm 97:1–6 “The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the many islands be glad…Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries round about. His lightnings lit up the world; the earth saw and trembled....

Weed Patches

Weed Patches

Psalm 78:42 “They did not remember His power, the day when He redeemed them from the adversary.” Observation: Psalm 78 is a comprehensive recounting of the Israelites’ journey, the miraculous provisions of God, and of their continual rebellion and unfaithfulness. In...