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  • Biblical Principle #184: God Rewarded Phinehas (Despite Bloodshed)

    Biblical Principles List Principle Phinehas, grandson of Aaron, was rewarded for zealously killing an Israelite and Midianite couple engaging in sexual sin. Explanation We previously established how Balaam taught Balak to have the Midianites tempt Israel into sexual sin and idolatry. During Israel’s sin, Scripture records an incident where Phinehas, grandson of Aaron, Israel’s first…

  • Biblical Principle #73: God is Our Reward

    Biblical Principles List Principle God is the reward of the faithful. Explanation In GOD’s third recorded interaction with Abraham, GOD told Abraham that He Himself would be Abraham’s reward: 1 After these things the Word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield and…

  • Biblical Principle #44: God Created Work

    Biblical Principles List Principle God created work. Explanation GOD created Adam and then placed him in the Garden of Eden. Then GOD gave Adam a purpose: 15 Then the Lord God took the man He formed and put him in the garden to tend and keep it. Genesis 2:15 OSB GOD created man (and woman)…

  • Guard Your Heart (The Sin of Cursing)

    In the post entitled “Guard Your Heart (Be Careful How You Talk),” we looked at how our speech is determined by our thoughts and that, if we want to make our speech more Christ-like, then we must make our thoughts more Christ-like. Today, I want to look at another aspect of our speech: cursing. Yesterday,…

  • April 12 – Amnon, Tamar and Absalom

    Reading 2 Sam. 12:24-25 1 Chron. 3:4c-9 2 Sam. 13:1-14:24 Devotional Recall that GOD told David through Nathan the prophet that “the sword will never depart from your house” (2 Sam. 12:1-12). In today’s reading we see the beginning of this prophecy unfold. David had a son named Amnon. David had another son named Absalom…

  • March 6 – Blessed if You Obey, Cursed if You Disobey

    Reading Lev. 22:31-33 Deut. 12:32 Num. 15:37-41 Deut. 31:9-13 Lev. 26:3-46 Devotional Moses concluded his final message to the Israelites by reminding them of the promises GOD had given them. The basic message was quite simple: Obey Me and you’ll be blessed; disobey and you will be punished and ultimately destroyed. GOD told them to…

  • March 9 – Moses Dies

    Reading Deut. 32:48-52; 33:1-29; 34:1-12 Devotional In today’s reading, the Scripture says: Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,…

  • March 10 – Crossing the Jordan

    Reading Josh. 1:1-9; 3:1; 2:1-24; 1:10-18; 3:2-17; 4:1-24; 5:1-15 Devotional After the mourning of Moses had ended, GOD spoke to Joshua and told him that He would be with him and bless him as He had Moses. Then Joshua sent two spies into the city of Jericho which was across the Jordan River from where the Israelites were camped. While the…

  • March 17 – The Next Generation

    Reading Judg. 2:7, 11-23; 3:1-31 Devotional The Bible says: So the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD which He had done for Israel. … When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers,…

  • January 28 – When GOD Shows Himself

    Reading Ex. 19:1-20:26; 23:20-33; 24:1-18 Devotional These chapters are among my favorite in the whole Bible, and as such it is impossible for me to choose a single lesson from the text. So let’s consider two. GOD Offers a Relationship Most Bible students are very familiar with the Ten Commandments which are found in Exodus…