Laban claimed that Jacob had robbed him of his gods (v. 30) and presented himself as a hurt father (v. 28) and baffled avenger (v. 29). When Laban demanded that Jacob return the gods, Jacob put the death penalty on Rachael not knowing she had taken them (vv. 30- 32). He told Laban to go …
From Capernaum, Jesus went up to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover (v. 13). Every male Jew twelve years of age and older was required to attend the Passover Feast. What He found at the temple was very disturbing to Him (v. 14). What had perhaps begun as an accommodation to …
In this chapter Isaiah denounces the sins of the people and especially those of the different upper class. He warns the people of Judah that God will take away their leadership and everything they have been depending on for their survival (vv 1-3). In place of their nationa …
It is thought that Paul wrote this letter in between his first and second imprisonments in Rome and before he wrote 2 Timothy. Paul and Titus had obviously been together for a time on the island of Crete, preaching the gospel and instructing the Christians. Paul, a pioneer in spirit, had then moved on to new regions of conquest for Christ and left Titus to …
Probably most of us at some point in time have been guilty of being prejudiced and looked down on others thinking that we were better than them. However, no prejudice has ever reflected more hatred and lasted longer than that which has existed between the Jewish and Gentile commu …
God could not allow Jacob to settle forever in the land from which years before he had called Abraham, so He allowed things to turn sour. Animosity was growing against him by Laban and his sons (vv. 1-2). Also, God had told Jacob to return to his own land (v. 3). Up to this point Jacob …
Paul continues his discussion on the conduct of believers. He says that each Christian should be an imitator of God because he is a child of God (v. 1). Just as children imitate their parents, so should a believer imitate God. This should begin by walking in Christ-like love (v.2 …
How true it is that “A wise son maketh a glad father; but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother†(v. 1). The son who is characterized by wisdom, causes his father to rejoice is the case of Solomon himself (see I Chronicles 22:12 and II Chronicles 1:7-12). Be …
Ezekiel’s second message against Tyre was a lament over the city’s fall (vv. 1-4). Tyre’s destruction was so certain (chap. 26) that the funeral dirge could begin. Chapter 27, in which Tyre is compared to a ship, could be called “The Sinking of Tyre’s Ship of State.&qu …
Today we begin looking at one of the most difficult parts of the Bible, the ninth chapter of Romans. No matter how much we might struggle to understand specific details of this chapter, the key theme is that God is faithful to keep His promises. Paul gives us three facts to remember as we struggle …