The reforms that King Hezekiah instituted brought the favor of the Lord upon him and the people he ruled over. It always astounds me that in the Southern Kingdom of Judah, kings like Hezekiah arose when their fathers were ungodly and corrupt. That was the case with Hezekiah, whose father was Ahaz, described in 2…
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John 15:6 – Thrown Into the Fire
Most people don’t like the brutal honesty of Jesus; in fact, many preachers refrain from commenting on certain of His harsh statements. After all, Jesus is love; isn’t that what His Red Letter Words are all about? Don’t the people who proudly proclaim they read only His Words in Red say that His message is…
John 8:12 – Light of the World
How hard it is for the world to accept Jesus! It seems as though people will turn any direction but toward Him. They see what they think is light on the horizon, but they’re deceived. It’s as though the darkness casts a mirage that appears as light. Just like the illusion in the desert of…
1 Kings 1:5 – Deadly Presumption
In the life of King David we see how deadly presumption can be, and how it can work against the interests of God. David was a man after God’s own heart. He never followed any god but Yahweh. Regardless, he was still a man and subject to the sin of the flesh. This led him…
2 Samuel 23:6 – Like Thorns
King David’s last words tell us much about political systems and the nature of men. Not long before he died, David wrote a psalm in which he exalted the Lord as he inevitably did in all that he wrote. The Holy Spirit inspired David’s words whereby he proclaimed how good it is for the king…
Luke 20:36 – Equal to Angels
The scribes and chief priests, the Pharisees and the Sadducees, all came to Jesus with their own agendas hoping to catch Him as a false prophet and thus denounce Him. At one point, the Sadducees tried to trip Him up with questions about the afterlife. As opposed to the Pharisees, they didn’t believe in the…