Who Is Lord?
Acts 25:26 “Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord.” Observation: Festus had a real problem on his hands. Paul had come into the Roman justice system for discipline, yet Rome’s representative had to confess to King Agrippa that he had no meaty...
A Spiritual Nation
Acts 24:14 “But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets.” Observation: Paul affirmed here, as Jesus Himself had...
Stark Choices
Leviticus 26:3–4, 14, 16 “If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments … then I shall … But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments. … I … will …” Observation: Set forth here are laws concerning obedience, given by God as unalterable...
Foreshadowing Jesus
Leviticus 20:2, 6 “Any man from the sons of Israel … who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death … As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists … I will set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.”...
Praise Wins Every Time
Psalm 13:1–2, 5–6 “How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? ... But I have trusted in Your...
The Scapegoat
Leviticus 16:8–10 “Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the Lord and the other lot for the scapegoat. Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the Lord fell, and make it a sin offering. But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell...
Hand Grenades
Acts 17:6 “These men who have upset the world have come here also.” Observation: Paul and Silas were in the synagogue at Thessalonica where, as was his custom, Paul had reasoned with them from the Scriptures for three consecutive Sabbaths, explaining how they foretold...
Wet Paint
Acts 27:9–10, 20, 22, 31 “Paul began to admonish them, and said to them, ‘Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.’ … All hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned …...
Seeing Ordinary Miracles
Acts 14:8–10 “And at Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked. This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well, said...
Marching Orders
Exodus 39:43 “And Moses examined all the work and behold, they had done it; just as the Lord had commanded, this they had done. So Moses blessed them.” Observation: Through the eighty-one verses of Exodus 39 and 40 I find extraordinary detail as to how the priest’s...
