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2 days ago · Isaiah 5:8–30: Today’s reading includes a series of laments about the ways in which those who are evil behave—some of the different kinds of “sour grapes” from yesterday’s reading (Isaiah 5:1–7). The prophet warns such people of the LORD’s anger and impending punishment. The reading concludes by warning of the threat of invasion from a foreign nation.
- God Allows Us to Suffer Consequences For Our Sin: The Curse (3:16-19).
- Conclusion
- Discussion Questions
As we saw last week, when Adam and Eve sinned, God graciously sought them, confronted them, and offered the promise of deliverance through the seed of the woman who would crush the head of the serpent. It was gracious because Adam and Eve deserved judgment, not a promise of deliverance. But then God deals with the woman and then the man. He does no...
Barnhouse also tells the story of Sir Edward C. Burne-Jones, a prominent 19th century English artist, who went to his daughter’s home for tea. During the tea, his little granddaughter misbehaved, so her mother made her stand in the corner with her face to the wall. Sir Edward did not interfere in his granddaughter’s discipline. But the next day he ...
How can we hold to God’s grace without excusing our sin, and to His holiness without hindering intimacy with Him?Does the curse doom husbands and wives to rivalry for power? Is a husband supposed to exercise his authority to get his wife under his rule?Some argue that the curse of a woman being under her husband’s rule is abolished in Christ (Gal. 3:28). Is this valid?Does God soften the harvest of sowing and reaping (Gal. 6:7-8) for the believer? Base your answer on biblical examples.2 Timothy chapter 3. 1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless ...
Apr 13, 2005 · There are six distinguishable issues that must be decided at the exegetical level: (1) the significance of the verb permit (epitrepo), which is in the present tense; (2) the meaning of teach (didaskein); (3) whether the word man (andros) is the object of the verb teach; (4) the meaning of the verb translated in the NIV “to have authority” (authentein); (5) the syntactical and logical ...
1 Peter 5:3. ESV not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. NIV not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. NASB nor yet as domineering over those assigned to your care, but by proving to be examples to the flock. CSB not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples ...
Sep 1, 2016 · The first word of the Hebrew Bible bereshit, generally translated “in the beginning” (Gen 1:1), encapsulates the essence of leadership: it is derived from the word rosh, which literally means “head” and is the technical term normally used to designate one who is leading in a given situation. The event of creation is thus from the start described as an act of leadership.
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May 30, 2013 · In Philippians 1:15, 17, Paul impugns the motives of those who were preaching out of envy, strife, and selfish ambition, trying to cause him distress in his imprisonment. I do not know how Paul knew their motives. He must have had solid evidence. If you don’t, you’re on shaky ground to judge another person’s motives.
