Category: Pentateuch/Law Genesis-Deuteronomy
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σκληροτράχηλος – a stiff-necked people
I must confess that one of my favorite phrases of conviction today comes from one of several sermons which was not well-received by its audience: Stiff-necked! “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. Acts 7:51 ESV – from Stephen preaching to…
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Understand today the discipline of the LORD your God
Do YOU, (children) claiming God as your Father and Jesus Christ as YOUR Lord know this one? 11:1 וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְשָׁמַרְתָּ מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ וְחֻקֹּתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וּמִצְוֺתָיו כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ Devarim (Deuteronomy) 11 :: Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC) Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of…
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You Will Not Be Led -8- All but Two
Joshua & Caleb Observe carefully those faithful to the LORD and also leaders faithful to Moses. Then listen to the grumbling rabble of the disobedient and see a stark contrast. Two faithful successors stand out because these contemporaries of Moses (who began this forty year exodus at age 80) stood faithfully with the LORD’s anointed…
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You Will Not Be Led -7- Korah’s Rebellion
מִדְבָּר The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and rebellion. But he will not leave the guilty unpunished, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation. Numbers 14:18 CSB Numbers 15: Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the…
