Archive for September, 2017
“SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE”
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
“….Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him.” (1 Kings 3:16)
Some of the most popular everyday sayings around the world came directly from the Bible – believe it or not! Here are just a very few examples out of many:
1. At my “wits end” (from Psalm 107:27)
2. “Drop in the bucket” (from Isaiah 40:15)
3. “Eat, drink and be merry” (fromEcclesiastes 8:15)
4. “Give up the ghost” (from Luke 23:46)
5. “Labor of Love” (from 1 Thessalonians 1:3)
6. “Out of the mouths of babes” (from Psalm 8:2)
7. “Salt of the earth” (from Matthew 5:13)
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“GET A GRIP, MAN!”
Monday, September 25th, 2017
2 Samuel 3:6 “But her husband went with her, weeping after her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go, return.” And he returned.“
The Bible is full of difficult verses to comprehend, even when taken in context. Sometimes we have to go back to another passage or number of chapters to find the true meaning and background behind a statement, which the Holy Spirit put in there for us to behold. In order to understand what a great Hebrew general named Abner meant, when he told a man named Palti to “go back home”, it is necessary to read the entire chapter of 2 Samuel 3.
It is a stark reminder of the width and depth of the depravity of human sinfulness. There are some incredible charges, counter-charges, sinful talk, double-crossing and more….in just twenty verses (2 Samuel 3:6-26 and beyond). God had already taken away the kingdom from the disobedient King Saul and handed it to David. In the process, Saul had promised his daughter Michal to David if he killed and did some despicable things to Philistine men, which David did. Then jealousy got the best of Saul and he tried for 13 years to kill the Lord’s next appointed King – David, who was now on the run all across the land of Israel. In the meantime, Saul’s daughter becomes a bigamist and marries another man named Palti.