WORD STUDY – NEGAS: DRAWING NEAR TO GOD

by | Sep 4, 2013 | Devotionals

Genesis 44:18: “Then Judah came near unto him, and said, ‘Oh, my Lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my Lord’s ears…’”   The word for “come near” is nagas.  This has the idea of drawing near or approaching with an offering, a present or a...

WORD STUDY: MAN AND WOMAN

by | Sep 1, 2013 | Devotionals

Genesis 2:22: “And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.”   This is a very well know passage of Scripture to Christians. Probably all that can be said about this passage in Christianity has been said.  This...

Word Study – Hidden

by | Aug 31, 2013 | Devotionals

Deuteronomy 31:18: “And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.” Yesterday my study partner and I were trying to understand why David used three different words for eternity in...

WORD STUDY – DEBER AND NAFAK

by | Aug 30, 2013 | Devotionals

Matthew 4:1 “Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.”   Mark 1:12  “And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.”   Luke 4:1   “And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the...

WORD STUDY – EVERLASTING LOVE (Pt. 2)

by | Aug 29, 2013 | Devotionals

Jeremiah 31:3  “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.”   “Jesus loves me this I know, for the Bible tells me so.”  Karl Barth   Many scholars and theologians...