And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying… The text before us is a portion of God’s holy Scriptures, and as 2 Timothy 3:16 says, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable…” The Bible is God-breathed; it is the very Word of God. But it is also profitable, useful, or beneficial (Greek, ωφελιμος). Paul …
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying… In 2 Timothy 4:16, Paul tells us that “all Scripture is breathed out by God.” Every word was inspired by the Holy Spirit, as He carried God’s prophets along (2 Peter 1:21). The Scriptures were physically written by men, even maintaining the individuality of each author, but they …
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying… As we come to the Word of God, let Psalm 19:11 be our meditation: “Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” We have already seen the goodness, the richness, and the sweetness of God’s law, but this verse calls us to …
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying… As we come to the this text, which is the very word of God, may Psalm 19:10 be our meditation: “More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.” This verse ought to force us to …
This is a sermon that was preached in 2016. Seven Letters Week 1 Revelation is a weird book. I mean, really weird. Like, demon-locusts and sulfur-breathing horses with snake tails weird. Yet for all of its weirdness, Revelation is a crucial book of the Bible for understanding how the story of humanity will end. The …
The LORD spoke to Moses… This text is the Word of God, of which Psalm 19:9 says: “the rules of the LORD are true, and righteous altogether.” God’s rules (and Leviticus is filled with rules) are true or, we could even say, are truth. They give us the testimony of the Creator of heaven and …
And the LORD to Moses, saying… Each of our four chapters begin with this phrase (though 13 and 15 include Aaron), so let us continue our brief meditations from Psalm 19 to focus our minds upon God’s Word. Verse 9 begins: “The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever.” The fear of Yahweh is …
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And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying... The previous two chapters did not begin with this phrase, so we have paused our glance at Psalm 19. But here it is again, so let us pick up where we left off with the second half of verse 8: "The commandment of the LORD is …
"Perhaps he also thought you were Saruman," said Gimli. "But you speak of him as if he was a friend. I thought Fangorn was dangerous." "Dangerous!" cried Gandalf. "And so am I. Very dangerous. More dangerous than anything you will ever meet unless you are brought alive before the seat of the Dark Lord. And …
Leviticus 9 is a highly significant text because it presents the resolution of the problem that has been haunting these opening chapters of the book. Remember that Leviticus cannot be properly understood alone. It is the third and central volume of the Pentateuch (the 'five volumes' of Moses), so even though it is a complete …
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