Word Study: Where Is Your Brother Abel

WORD STUDY – WHERE IS YOUR BROTHER ABEL Genesis 4:9-10, “And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother’s keeper? What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.” I...

Word Study:David’s Heart Smote Him

WORD STUDY – DAVID’S HEART SMOTE HIM 1 Samuel 24:5: “And it came to pass afterward, that David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.” We are all familiar with this story. Saul had a posse out after David and David is not wanted Dead or...

Word Study: The Agreement

WORD STUDY – THE AGREEMENT Isaiah 7:11-12: “Ask thee a sign of the Lord, thy God, ask it either in the depth or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask neither will I tempt the Lord.” Luke 12:24: “To whom much is given, much is expected.” I believe we all,...

WORD STUDY – THOU SAYEST – ARAMAIC Matthew 27:11: “And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.” It is Easter Sunday and I am, of course, meditating on the Easter Story. I...

Word Study: Abide In Him – Aramaic קוא

WORD STUDY – ABIDE IN CHRIST – ARAMAIC – קוא John 15:6: “If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the fire, and they are burned.” I grew up in a Baptist fundamentalist church where evangelism...

Word Study: My Destiny

WORD STUDY – Eli Eli lama sabachthani (My  Destiny) Matthew 27:46: “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Genesis 15:9-10: “And he said unto him, Take me...