Yesterday our adult Bible study group encountered this question in the study materials: How do human beings typically evaluate the gravity of sin? There were many answers, but we could all agree that we underestimate it, and without the perspective of the cross, we will never truly appreciate the gravity of our sin until we …
Tag: Read Through The Bible 2022
Who Are You Listening To?
Do you fully understand the power and influence of the people you spend time with? Do you grasp how easy it is to be led down the wrong path? In Numbers 11-14, we are given several examples of the power of influence. These stores should cause us to evaluate who we spend time with and …
A Lesson On Listening
One thing I envy about God’s interactions with His people in the Old Testament is the physical, tangible way He made His presence known, although I wouldn’t trade the great privilege of God’s Holy Spirit that indwells us today. Before Christ returned to heaven, He promised His disciples not to leave them as orphans (John …
Carrying Tent Pegs
Can you guess what the book of Numbers is about? Lots of numbers and infinite details! When the book of Numbers opens, the children of Israel had been traveling for more than a year. Remember, there were likely several million men, women, and children in this massive migration. Numbers 1:46 tells us there were 603,550 …
A Failed Excuse: Not Under Law, But Grace
Today I finished up the book of Leviticus. As I read through eight chapters of laws, statutes, and commandments given to the children of Israel, I was both convicted and grateful. I’m convicted because God’s original laws for the Jewish people reveal so much about His character of holiness, and I recognize how little I …
The Way Of The Word 