“Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.” (Romans 14:13 ESV). In Romans 14, the apostle Paul addresses how Christians should treat one another concerning matters of liberty and conscience. Specifically, he mentions diet, drink
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want” (Psalms 23:1 ESV). When he wrote this psalm, King David must have been reflecting on his youth when he shepherded his father’s flock. As he remembered how the sheep trusted and depended on him as their shepherd, he wrote of his determination to depend on the
‘Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?’ (Proverbs 20:9 ESV). Solomon’s rhetorical question assumes a negative response. The sinfulness of humanity was an accepted reality in his day. Yet, this wisdom has been thrown into question in modern times by the tenets of humanism. The philosophy of
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1 ESV). David wrote this Messianic psalm that prophesied not only what Christ would say on the cross but the manner of His death as well. For centuries before the Romans had devised the torture of crucifixion, David described it some detail in this psalm.
‘Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined with Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy what you have made.”’ (2 Chronicles 20:37 ESV). This was the second time God had warned Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, about partnering with the unbelieving kings of Israel. The first time it was
“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9 ESV). The apostle Paul explained that being made right with God could not be achieved through trying to keep the law. For all have sinned and fall
“I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.” (Romans 9:2-3 ESV). The apostle Paul was continually filled with sorrow and anguish because of the Jews rejection of
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” (Romans 8:35 ESV). The apostle Paul posed a rhetorical question concerning the love of Christ asking, “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” Then after offering several possible separating scenarios,
“So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.” (2 Chronicles 10:19 ESV). The Chronicler described how the Northern tribes of Israel rebelled against David’s grandson, King Rehoboam. He reported that they were still in rebellion at the time of his writing, which was after the Babylonian exile. Yet his
“But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this house that I have built!” (2 Chronicles 6:18 ESV). In Solomon’s prayer of dedication for the Temple, he wondered whether the God who filled the heavens could “dwell with man on the