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The tribe of Ephraim seems to have been easily upset as they took exception to Jephthah’s strategy against Ammon (v. 1). The men of Ephraim had been angered before when Gideon did not ask them to join in his surprise attack on the camp of the Midianites. Their jealousy was a real infection that …

In addition to remembering what the Apostles had said Jude exhorts them to: Be building themselves up in the faith (v. 20).Be praying for hearers to be filled with the Holy Spirit (v. 20).Be keeping themselves “in God’s love” (v. 21).Be waiting or looking expec …

That is why I am doing my best to make sure that each of you remembers all of this after I am gone (v. 15). Peter’s claim that he was an eyewitness of the majesty of the Lord refers no doubt to Jesus’ transfiguration (Matt.17:1-8) (vv. 16-18). Only Peter, James and John were pe …

In this chapter we are examining the events that occurred in the camp of Israel at Mount Sinai on the day the tabernacle was erected. Everything that was done in the camp of Israel was ordered by the Lord. In the church today, God doesn’t speak audibly to His people as He did to …

Joel lists four significant events toward which history has long been pointing: (1) The assembling of troops (vv. 9-11). Tools are turned into weapons as the nations assemble for battle (v. 10). The Lord destroys his enemies like a farmer harvesting his grain. (2) The judgment of the nations …

It has been said that righteous living begins with knowledge of what is righteous, and backsliding begins with a dusty Bible. David gives a principle, an example of that principle and a promise to those who live by it (vv. 25-28). The principle is “with the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful.” …

Let’s continue where we left off yesterday with 6 more reasons we need to praise the Lord: 4. For what He did with the first born in Egypt (vv. 10- 12).

Horrified by the demands of the Assyrians, King Hezekiah “rent his clothes” and “went into the house of the Lord” (v. 1) showing symbolically that the nation could do nothing on their own that their destruction was completely up to God. Hezekiah’s kingdom was …

This verse stands as a focal point around which the first nineteen verses revolve (v. 12). “Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead” directs our attention to the first eleven verses. “How say some among you that there is no resurrection?” This question looks ahead to verses thirteen …

Moses told the people to wash their clothes and make themselves acceptable to worship God in three days (vv. 14- 15). While the people waited at the foot of the mountain a thick cloud covered it and there came a tremendous sound of the trumpet from heaven accompanied by thunder and …