Here is the text from Psalms 119:25-32 in its surrounding paragraph, including the preceding and following verses: “My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word. I have declared my ways, and you answered me; teach me your statutes. Make me understand the way of your precepts, so shall I meditate onContinue reading “Digging Deeper”
Category Archives: Exposition
What’s the Difference?
The passage in John 14:15-21 has the potential to make a profound difference in the life of a person in several ways: Overall, this passage can make a significant difference in a person’s life by fostering a deeper relationship with God, providing empowerment through the Holy Spirit, offering assurance and comfort, facilitating personal transformation andContinue reading “What’s the Difference?”
What Does It Mean?
The exegetical idea of the text in John 14:15-21 is the intimate relationship between Jesus, the Father, and believers, as well as the role of love, obedience, and the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit in fostering and manifesting that relationship. The complement of this idea is that those who love Jesus and keep HisContinue reading “What Does It Mean?”
Background for Today’s Text
The historical setting of the text in John 14:15-21 is the Last Supper, which took place during the final hours before Jesus’ crucifixion. Jesus gathered with His disciples in the upper room to share a meal and impart His final teachings and instructions to them. The author of the Gospel of John is traditionally attributedContinue reading “Background for Today’s Text”
Digging Into Today’s Text
Here is the text in its surrounding paragraph: “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you knowContinue reading “Digging Into Today’s Text”
Personal Holiness
9 How can a young man keep his way pure?By keeping it according to Your word.10 With all my heart I have sought You;Do not let me stray from Your commandments.11 Your word I have treasured in my heart,That I may not sin against You.12 Blessed are You, O Yahweh;Teach me Your statutes.13 With myContinue reading “Personal Holiness”
Honor the Emperor
The words are simple, clear, and easy to understand. The apostle Peter exhorted his fellow-Christian believers living in the Roman Empire to “honor the emperor.” But it’s one thing to hear these words and say, “All clear!” It’s another thing to implement them. What if the emperor is downright wicked? Are we still to honorContinue reading “Honor the Emperor”
The Image of God
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”Genesis 1:26 DEFINITION: Human beings resemble God in that they have personality, morality, and spirituality; further,Continue reading “The Image of God”
God’s Poem
Writing in the magazine Challenge, Tibor Scitovsky, professor emeritus of economics at Stanford University, suggests that high school and youth gang shootings may be caused, in part, by boredom. “What makes those teenagers become so violent in the first place?” he asks. “I suspect that their motivation could well be boredom.” He thinks the affluenceContinue reading “God’s Poem”
The Lord’s Work and Our Response
Mark 15:21–32 And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross. And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated “Place of a Skull”). And they attempted to give him wine mixed withContinue reading “The Lord’s Work and Our Response”
Intentional Faith 