I had to be taught to respect electricity. Before I learned, I played games with it. Once I held a long nail above a lamp plug. I loosened the plug just enough to expose the two metal prongs, but the lamp was still lit. Experience had taught me that the prongs would shock me ifContinue reading “Electric Holiness. Leviticus 10:1-3.”
Category Archives: Be holy as I am holy
The Fork in the Road is Three-Pronged. 2 Kings 22:2.
You always have three options. There is Jeroboam’s path, Rehoboam’s path, and Josiah’s path. Jeroboam was the first king of the Northern Kingdom. He worried his people would desert him and return to Rehoboam (Solomon’s son who was now king only of Judah). To keep his people loyal to him, Jeroboam built idols and altars,Continue reading “The Fork in the Road is Three-Pronged. 2 Kings 22:2.”
Policing the Police. Joshua 8:25.
Nations have long struggled with corruption in government. What if organized crime bosses are paying bribes to the police so officers will look the other way? Who will police the police? What do you do when the justice system is unjust? What can you do when men of God are ungodly? Peter says, “It isContinue reading “Policing the Police. Joshua 8:25.”
Soup Bowls or Toilet Bowls? 2 Timothy 2:20-21
Every house has so many bowls, “some for honor, some for dishonor.” In the House of God, what sort of bowl do you want to be? According to Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy, it is up to you. “Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels ofContinue reading “Soup Bowls or Toilet Bowls? 2 Timothy 2:20-21”
Be Holy. Ezekiel 38:16
God is holy and expects us to be holy. He says, “Be holy, even as I am holy” 1 Peter 1:16, quoting Leviticus 11:44. And He uses judgment to remind us of His holiness. Even when that means using our enemies against us. He tells Gog He will send them to attack Israel. I willContinue reading “Be Holy. Ezekiel 38:16”
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