Core of the Bible

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Friends provide compassion to friends in need so that the needful friend does not abandon all hope and reject the fear of God altogether. In Job's situation, his friends should have been comforting him in his affliction rather than trying to prove to him why he deserved to be afflicted. They should have been doing everything they could to make sure that Job does not lose his fear of God in his des...

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Psalm 130:3-4 - "If You, O Yahweh, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared." The Psalmist here writes, "But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared." The quality of God that most causes people to revere him is the fact that he is willing to forgive those who sincerely admit their failings. By contrast, t...

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The process begins with our ears; we must turn or incline our ears toward wisdom. The Hebrew word conveys a stretching out, as in stretching out the fabric of a tent when pitching a tent. This involves an intentional and focused purpose in what we listen to. Another aspect of hearing the words of the wise, as the proverb points out, is literally hearing the words spoken instead of just read intern...

In Psalm 29, David provides a poetic allegory of a thunderstorm in order to consider the holiness and majesty of God. Within this psalm is a description of God's awe-inspiring power displayed in the majestic outworking of a tempest. If you've ever been through a close and violent thunderstorm, I'm sure you can recall how terrifyingly loud and unnerving the noise and commotion of the thunder and wi...

Instances of God's spoken word make an interesting study. If we consider that the primary instruction that is spoken of as being the meditation of the righteous and the ensuring of avoiding sin is the Ten Commandments, we can see that an in-depth appreciation and ongoing evaluation of God's words to his people has much benefit. The Ten Commandments are the basis of all of God's word to his people....

The book of Proverbs provides a wealth of God's wisdom in brief statements. The juxtaposition of positive and negative characteristics help to illustrate each other, causing them to stand out in bold relief to one another. When we understand the characteristics of the negative quality, we look to its opposite in order to understand the positive quality more fully. This is the beauty of the proverb...

Exodus 20:4-5 - "You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them…" Yeshua confirmed that God abhors idolatry, and further revealed how God desires spiritual worship based on the truth, not some physical representation o...

Luke 6:34-35 - "And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, why should you get credit? Even sinners will lend to other sinners for a full return. Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to those who are unthankful and wicked....

During his last few hours before he was given up to the authorities in Jerusalem, Yeshua provides some insight for us in what were to become his parting words to his disciples. John 14:15-17 - "If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever-- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it nei...

I believe it can be shown that faith is something that is based on a multitude of factors that we have been exposed to in our lives. Whether by tradition or society, the individual interpretation of that information will lead to a specific worldview. Within the biblical worldview, we can receive personal guidance if we sincerely seek God's direction, which may be known to us but unseen by others,...

Reviewing this concept in the Bible, the Way is well-attested throughout, from the earliest beginnings in Genesis all the way through the NT writings. The Way of Yahweh is variously described as the way to the tree of life, the way of wisdom, the way of righteousness, and sometimes simply the Way. In this episode, the Way is charted from Genesis, through the ministries of John and Yeshua, and into...

In the parable of the sower, Yeshua cautions about the thorns that can grow up and choke out the fruitfulness of the Word. Today we will be exploring the topic of vigilance and how the act of maintaining the purity of our heart and our actions requires constant vigilance and continual grooming. The seed being sown among the thorns represents those individuals who receive the word of God, but their...

One of our admonitions from Yeshua in the Sermon on the Mount is to demonstrate virtue and purity that exceeds those who are merely following external commands (Matt. 5:20). Sometimes these external commands take the form of direct regulation, and sometimes these "commands" come in the form of allowances or tolerations of our culture that would violate the purity of our relationship with God. We m...