Tag: curse
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Gardener, Shepherd and Hunter: 5- the Hunter
the hunter Do you see him? I strained my eyes to look back beyond the time when I had just witnessed the killing of Abel by Cain. Not only was he not the hunter, but I could no longer see him in the chaotic mist of that place beyond the field of Abel’s blood. In…
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But IF: the Consequence of broken promise – Will the LORD not surely do -2
So what! Did you HEAR the consequences? What is the consequence of broken promise? WE seldom consider CLEAR consequences. Whether Old Testament Commandment, warning of a Prophet or New Testament Command of the Lord Christ Jesus, SO OFTEN WE do not have ‘ears to hear’ the promised consequence of disobedience to God. DO YOU REMEMBER…
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A Day of the silence of the Passover Lamb
The Son of Man is Slain From the day the Son of Man is delivered into the world and laid in a manger the shadow of the Cross foretold Christ’s Sacrifice. And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full…
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The Curse of Disease and Death – 2
Moses, Privilege of the Wilderness In part one of this series about our attitude toward disease and death we briefly examined a story from the oldest book of the Bible, Job. Job was well-to-do, he had then lost nearly everything including his health, yet he blessed the Lord. Today we examine part of a too-familiar story…
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Blessings and Woes – 1
If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery! Job 10:15 NKJV Jesus taught the crowds blessings. (We all like that.) Yet Jesus also warned of the flip-side of the coin – the curse or the woe of…
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But if…
“But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods, 18 then I warn you now that you will certainly be destroyed. – Deuteronomy 30:17-18a NLT God’s love for us is unconditional; yet God’s blessing is conditional – dependent on our obedience…
