HeIsGreater

11Feb2009 Genesis 6:5

5 The LORD saw how great man’s wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. What a commentary about the inner world of the people of that day! Every time they started thinking about something, their thoughts automatically turned toward evilContinue reading “11Feb2009 Genesis 6:5”

10Feb2009 Luke 5:4

4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Jesus wanted a better platform from which to speak. He hopped in a fishing boat and had the owner push out a little bit from the shore and he taught. When heContinue reading “10Feb2009 Luke 5:4”

9Feb2009 Genesis 5:29

29 He named him Noah and said, “He will comfort us in the labor and painful toil of our hands caused by the ground the LORD has cursed.” We so often think of Noah as the “flood guy.” But this text shows something very different. His father named him Noah which sounds like the wordContinue reading “9Feb2009 Genesis 5:29”

8Feb2009 Genesis 5:24

24 Enoch walked with God; then he was no more, because God took him away. This is a curious phrase, “God took him away.” Everyone else in this passage died, but Enoch was taken by God. I hear a fine point of theology that I hear almost daily in my dealings with others who areContinue reading “8Feb2009 Genesis 5:24”

7Feb2009 Genesis 5:22

22 And after he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters. It appears that something happened when Enoch became a father. He became a father at age 65 and then for the next 300 years the text says he “walked with God.” Most of theContinue reading “7Feb2009 Genesis 5:22”

6Feb2009 Genesis 5:11

11 Altogether, Enosh lived 905 years, and then he died. That is the fate of us all: death! No matter how much we push to the contrary, we will all end up dead. The only exception will happen if we are alive when Jesus returns. But if you are not alive when that happens, deathContinue reading “6Feb2009 Genesis 5:11”

5Feb2009 Romans 8:34

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Look at this list of external forces that many would say are the forces that could push someone away from faith in Jesus. But the amazing thing is that for mostContinue reading “5Feb2009 Romans 8:34”

4Feb2009 Luke 3:14

14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” He replied, “Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely—be content with your pay.” This is the third group to ask for John the Baptist for specific requirements that would demonstrate repentance. John had preached a short but very direct sermon on sin andContinue reading “4Feb2009 Luke 3:14”

3Feb2009 Genesis 4:14

14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me. Cain gets punished for killing his brother Abel. He loses everything that is stable in his life. He loses his place inContinue reading “3Feb2009 Genesis 4:14”

2Feb2009 Genesis 4:10

10 The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Sin is noisy! You can’t keep it a secret. Eventually it will come out and others will hear it. In fact, they probably hear it already, but they just don’t understand that what they are hearingContinue reading “2Feb2009 Genesis 4:10”