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Chapter study
…a fruitless-feeling believer is purged rather than burned is that the judgement the branch deserved fell on the vine, so the pruning knife in verse 2 is not the axe of verse 6. John 15:2 John 15:6 Isaiah 53:8 Galatians…
Reading plan
Proverbs is not a rulebook but a training in judgement. Read a chapter each morning and choose one sentence to obey before the day ends. Wisdom Work Money The book names Solomon first, and the headings inside it also…
Biblical concept
…From its first appearance, the phrase carries this double edge of judgement and hope, and which one a hearer meets depends on their standing before God, not on their nationality. The prophets who follow Amos develop…
Word and phrase
…that resurrection leads to an unending destiny, either life or judgement. Daniel 12:2 Some to everlasting life, some to shame and everlasting contempt. John 3:16 Whoever believes in him should not perish but have…
Biblical concept
…person trusting in it, is what Scripture says shelters a believer from judgement. The whole logic of the first Passover night, protection by substitution rather than by personal worthiness, is the same logic the New…
Biblical concept
…for himself. Letters Paul speaks of every person giving account, and of judgement according to what was done. OT Genesis 4:9 Where is your brother? The question is put to Cain, not about him. OT Deuteronomy 24:16…
Biblical concept
…to the New Testament's use of the same word for deliverance from sin, judgement and death. Ephesians 2:8 to 9 states the terms plainly: by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the…
Biblical concept
…is gathered and trodden (Revelation 14:18-20), the image turned to judgement. A vineyard was a long term investment on land that could have grown grain. Vines take years before they yield well, so planting one was a…
Christian Living
…but the righteous into eternal life.” WEB matthew 25 Jesus spoke of judgement more plainly than anyone else in Scripture, and He did it as the One who came to save us from it. Faithful readers differ over the nature and…
Christian Living
…in the measure I have received from You. Mercy is God withholding the judgement we deserve and renewing His compassion daily toward us. Micah 7:18-19 A God who delights in mercy and casts sin into the sea. Matthew 5:7…
Bible question
…asked for: bread and fish. The promise is good things, which leaves the judgement of what is good with him. 1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we…
Bible question
…in the law itself. 1 Samuel 24:12 David refuses to harm Saul, leaving judgement between them to the LORD. Hebrews 12:15 A root of bitterness left untended troubles many and defiles them, showing what unforgiveness…
Bible question
…sullen and angry. Jezebel had Naboth killed, and God sent Elijah with judgement, 1 Kings 21:17-19. Discontent here is not caused by lack. A man with everything is undone by one thing he does not have, which is why…
Bible question
…has to do with punishment, read with verse 17, confidence in the day of judgement. It is not a promise that a Christian will never feel afraid of anything. Do not be afraid is nearly always paired with a reason Isaiah…
Bible question
…from the presence of the Lord, Repent concerns the mind and its judgement about sin; turn again concerns the feet. Blotted out is a word for wiping a record, and refreshing points to restored nearness rather than only…
Bible question
…sins, Mark 2:5-7, accepting worship, Matthew 14:33, and saying that all judgement has been given to him, John 5:22. A teacher who says those things is either telling the truth or is not a good teacher. The category is…
Bible question
…a sword through a mother's heart are in the same speech. Pilate in the judgement hall John 18:33-38 A Roman governor trying to work out whether the prisoner was a political threat. For this reason I have been born, and…
Bible question
…given. Let me receive today as your child, not as a debtor still under judgement. Amen. Why do bad things happen to good people? Scripture's first move is to question whether any of us are simply good, since Romans says…
Bible question
…not a humble title. It is a claim to share God's throne and to come in judgement. Daniel 7:13-14 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to…
The Sunday Study
Verse-by-verse teaching with historical context, and a prayer to close. Nothing else in the email.