Category Archives: loyalty

these are your gods

Exodus 32:1-14 32:1 After the people saw that Moses was overdue coming down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Stand up, make us gods who will go before us. We do not … Continue reading

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the LORD among us

Exodus 26:1-14 26:1 “Further instructions: you should make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue and purple and scarlet yarns; you should make them with cherubim skillfully embedded into them. 2 The length of each curtain … Continue reading

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no more bargaining

Exodus 10:21-29 21 Then the LORD told Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, and there will be darkness over the land of Egypt, and let that darkness cause people to feel around with their hands.” 22 So Moses … Continue reading

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no further questions

Matthew 22:34-46 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the … Continue reading

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straddling between kingdoms

(Note: I do not plan my devotions after national holidays, but this did turn out to be quite appropriate for 4 July, American Independence Day). Matthew 22:15-22 .” 15 Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entrap him by … Continue reading

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Jesus and the garbage hoarder

Matthew 19:16-22. 16 And see, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good thing must I accomplish to have eternal life?” 17 But he replied to him, “Why do you ask me about a good thing? There is … Continue reading

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just one more sign

Matthew 12:38-42 38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” 39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation is asking for a sign, but no sign … Continue reading

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God Most High

Genesis 14:10 -24 10 Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and when the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some fell into the pits, and the rest escaped to the hill country. 11 So the enemy … Continue reading

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“Marriage is personal”

Matthew 5:31-32 31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a official document of divorce.’ 32 But I tell you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of discovering sexual immorality, makes … Continue reading

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holiness and loyalty

Ezekiel 44 The Zadokite priests had to remain holy, and were not allowed “normal” jobs and activities.  The LORD himself was their inheritance.  Their lives revolved around temple worship.  They were to be a sign to the people of the … Continue reading

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