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Category Archives: sovereignty of God
coincidence
Acts 18:1-22 For a Jewish Christian couple named Priscilla and Aquila, providence intervenes in their lives and introduces them to the apostle Paul. By coincidence, they also make tents for a living. By coincidence, they found themselves in Corinth … Continue reading
what has happened to her
Matthew 1:17-21 17 Now all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations. 18 and the birth of … Continue reading
whatever became of…
Acts 12 These stories are amazing, and Luke puts them together in such a way that readers can be carried away in their imagining. They speak of God’s intervention against the “violent hands” of a human ruler. Incidentally, they also … Continue reading
sidelines
Acts 28:16-31 The book of Acts ends at a very strange place. Paul is in Rome under house arrest. He spends two years in limbo, on the sidelines. Other than the people who visit him, and his guard, he sees … Continue reading
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Tagged Acts 28
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horse patrol
Zechariah 1:1-17 The four horses of Zechariah may represent the races of the nations surrounding Jerusalem and Judah. Their riders go out in each direction, spying out the lands. They see that the Gentile nations are at rest. They report … Continue reading
reverse people movement
Ezekiel 36 A physical and spiritual revival of Israel is predicted here, but it will not happen as a result of a grass roots repentance. NO, the LORD will bring the people back home, then he will change their hearts, … Continue reading
forgive not…
Jeremiah 18 Both Jeremiah and Paul (Romans 9) used the potter and clay metaphor to explain God’s sovereignty and Israel’s sin. The potter stands as judge over his own creation. If he finds a flaw in it, he is free … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremiah 18
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the L factor
Proverbs 15-16 We humans will make our plans, and do as we will, some walking in righteousness, others living selfishly and godlessly. But there is another factor involved in the equation: the LORD. He is watching over our lives, and … Continue reading
Posted in discernment, Solomon, sovereignty of God, wisdom
Tagged Proverbs 15, Proverbs 16
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limitless
Psalm 135 The gods of the nations are lifeless and they are known for what they cannot do. The LORD has no limits to his works. He does what he pleases, to whomever he wills. He knows no geographical limits, … Continue reading
the burdens of Bel and Nebo
Isaiah 46-47 The gods of the Babylonians had their day. They thought that they had exalted the empire (the daughter of Babylon) to everlasting prominence (47:7). But the LORD reveals through the prophet that it was HE who had allowed … Continue reading
Posted in humility, Isaiah, sovereignty of God, submission
Tagged Isaiah 46, Isaiah 47
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