I personally believe this passage was written to believers and follows in the sequence with the other four warnings. Dr. Warren Wiersbe, in his commentary on Hebrews, suggests the following outline: The believer who begins to drift from the Word (2:1-4) will soon start to doubt t …
“Help” sums up David’s prayer. (vv. 13-18). He petitioned the Lord to save him from imminent death. Again he used the image of miry waters that would drown him (v. 14). The waters have only become deeper and the mire more dreadful. Now death itself is on the horizon.The …
If we are going to witness to the lost people around us, we must live honest lives before them. We must “walk our talk.” Our good works must back up our good words (Matthew 5:16). It’s a tragedy when unsaved people reject Jesus and His Word because of the inconsistent lives of professing …
We need to balance the Word and prayer in our devotional life and ministry, for all Bible and no prayer can produce a life that is cold and sterile, but all prayer and no Bible could result in zeal without knowledge. The spiritual leaders in the early church gave themselves to pr …
Various laws for the Israelites are outlined in this passage: I. Things that merited death: 1. Fortune telling and controlling others by demonic power (v. 18). 2. Sexual intercourse with an animal (v. 19). 3. Worship of any false …
This Psalm is made up of prayers in the midst of perils. It is thought that David wrote this when he fled from Saul in the cave of Adulham in the valley of the Philistines (I Samuel 22). Another possibility is that it was penned in the cave of Engedi along the limestone banks of …
David knew that he would soon die so he made plans to counsel his successor. His instructions to Solomon were two fold: 1. Solomon’s relationship to God (vv. 1-4) – His two main exhortations were: “Be strong… and show yourself a man” and “Keep the charge o …
These verses in Mark give us the teaching of our Lord on the subject of divorce. Jesus had left Galilee and crossed over into Judea on the east side of the Jordan River (v. 1). As crowds gathered around Him to hear Him teach, a group of Pharisees asked Him a very controversial qu …
Don’t pass judgment until you are fully informed (v. 13). Jumping to conclusions before hearing the facts are unwise and will bring a person to shame. Give yourself the three-way test before speaking about someone: Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it true? Being cheerful helps when we are …
No matter how much you beat on a fool he will not change; but gently rebuke a wise man and he will take it to heart (v. 10). The wise man realizes his limitations and is thankful for correction while a fool is unresponsive. Have you ever heard the expression, “There is no fo …