Word Study: Sorcery

WORD STUDY – SORCERY – כשׁפ Exodus 7:11-12: “Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s...

Word Study: Lead Me In Thy Truth

WORD STUDY – LEAD ME IN THY TRUTH Psalm 25:5: “Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou [art] the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Here the Psalmist is asking God to not only lead him in His truth but to teach Him truth as well. The age old...

Word Study: Integrity

WORD STUDY – INTEGRITY – ~תממ Psalms 25:21: “Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee.” Throughout Psalms 25 the Psalmist is saying that if he follows the ways of God he will experience the presence of God and will be protected. Now he is...

Word Study: Consider My Enemies

WORD STUDY – CONSIDER MY ENEMIES Psalms 25:19: “Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.” I am now sure how many of us can related to this Psalm when reading it at its face value. I mean I really don’t know if I have any enemies...

WORD STUDY – FROM BAD TO WORSE Psalms 25:17: “The troubles of my heart are enlarged, O bring thou me out of my distresses.” “Double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble.” Shakespeare, Macbeth Act 4 Scene 1 In Shakespeare’s play,“Macbeth,” three...