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  • Biblical Principle #161: God Accepts Certain Deviations

    Biblical Principles List Principle In certain circumstances, God accepts deviations from His instructions, when the person’s motive is to honor God. Explanation This principle is tricky to articulate. I want to be careful not to mislead anyone by misrepresenting GOD’s character and mindset. We previously established that, when GOD gives specific instructions, He expects those…

  • Biblical Baptism, Part 17 (If a person dies on the way to be baptized, will they be saved?)

    If baptism is required for salvation, what happens if a believer gets killed on their way to be baptized? Will that person be saved? Welcome to part 17 of my biblical baptism series on baptism. Since these posts build on each other, here are links to the previous posts, in case you need to catch…

  • Biblical Baptism, Part 11 (Do I Have to Be Baptized?)

    Is it necessary for a person to be baptized in order to be saved? What about the thief on the cross? He wasn’t baptized and was saved. Welcome to part 11 of my biblical baptism series. In this post, we’ll tackle these important questions. The posts in this series build on each other. If you need…

  • April 30 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 12)

    Reading Psalm 29; 33; 65; 66; 67; 68 Devotional Psalm 29 The LORD is full of glory, strength and holiness. GOD’s voice is powerful and majestic, thundering over the mighty waters, and splitting the great cedar trees of Lebanon into pieces. His voice shakes the desert, twists the oak trees and strips the forests bare.…

  • April 29 – Seeing GOD in the Psalms (Part 11)

    Reading Psalm 8; 9; 16; 19; 21; 24 Devotional Starting today we look at psalms of joy and praise. Psalm 8 GOD’s name is majestic in all the earth. He has set His glory above the heavens. GOD is mindful of man and cares for us. GOD has made man a little lower than the…

  • March 29 – Wait on GOD

    Reading 1 Sam. 13:1; 14:49-51 1 Chron. 9:35-44 1 Sam. 13:2-14:45 Devotional King Saul had an army of 3,000 soldiers. He put his son Jonathan over 1,000 of them. Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at a place called Geba. The Philistines gathered their army of 3,000 chariots, six thousand charioteers, and too many soldiers to…

  • February 6 – Packing the Tabernacle

    Reading Num. 3:14-39; 4:1-49; 3:40-51 Devotional After GOD instructed the Israelites how they were to arrange their camps by tribe, He instructed them on how they should pack the tabernacle and its furnishings when they moved locations. As He had been in previous instructions, GOD was very specific about which families of the Levites would…

  • February 5 – GOD Organizes

    Reading Num. 9:1-12; 1:1-2:34 Devotional The Israelites had been encamped at Mount Sinai for 9 months. GOD instructed Moses to have the people observe the LORD’s Passover, which marked one year since they left Egypt. During this same time period GOD began organizing the tribes of Israel for their specific functions. First, He took the…

  • February 2 – As the LORD Commanded

    Reading Ex. 39:2-40:35 Devotional Ex. 39 records the creation of the clothing for the priests and the high priest. Seven times during this chapter the Holy Spirit uses the phrase, “as the LORD had commanded Moses.” Moses followed GOD’s instructions exactly as GOD had said. This was very important. If Moses had heard GOD and…