“Your Word is truth.” (John 17:17)
Commentary on different portions of the Scripture, for understanding and edification, not, hopefully, mere knowledge.
“I am Your servant;
Give me understanding,
That I may know Your testimonies.”
(Psalm 119:125)
"Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee's house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant...
"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." (Romans 15:13) Paul had a wonderful ability to condense into a few words great and rich truths. This sentence from his letter to Rome...
Colossians is a letter containing statements of utmost majesty. Speaking of Christ, Paul writes "He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or...
“Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler, Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? A little...
“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your...
"Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in its lusts." (Romans 6:12) Paul's first instruction to his readers is quite staggering. He tells them (Romans 6:11) to count themselves to be in the same place as the risen Lord Jesus...
"Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:11) The great apostle, writing his most profound and significant letter, has come all the way to (what we call) chapter 6 before he has given...