Posts with the tag “week-30”

2 Kings 21:1-22:2; 2 Chronicles 33:1-34:7; Jeremiah 1:1-2:22.  “How Bad is Your Past?”          How bad is your past?  Is it as ugly as Manasseh’s?  He led the nation of Judah to do more evil than even the pagan nations were guilty of.  He built pagan altars everywhere, even inside the Temple.  He worshipped everything from stars to idols.  He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and con...  Read More

2 Kings 20:20-21; 2 Chronicles 32:32-33; Isaiah 63:15-66:24. “Looking In”          “How ignorant can they be?”  I can read passages day after day that describe how people mess up, everyone from a king to a common Israelite.  Seemingly one minute they will see the hand of God in a powerful way and then two sentences later they have totally turned the wrong way.  There are two things I need to remi...  Read More

Isaiah 58:1-63:14. “The Right Time”          A sign over a clock in school read, “Time will pass.  Will you?”         Many of this week's passages have been providing us with unique perspectives on time, past and future.  Yet at the close of chapter 60 we have one of the best statements about time: “I, the LORD, will bring it all to pass at the right time.”  It’s not just the aspect of perfect ti...  Read More

Isaiah 52:13-57:21.  “Old Testament Gospel”          From 52:13 to the end of chapter 53 nearly every verse has a prophetic statement of Jesus Christ and the suffering He was to endure.  It is central to the passage from chapter 40 to the end.  The section is broken up into five stanzas of three verses each.  The passage is quoted more frequently in the New Testament than any other Old Testament p...  Read More

Isaiah 48:12-52:12. “Who’s Forsaking Who”          “Be strong and courageous! …the LORD your God will go ahead of you.  He will neither fail you nor forsake you” (Deut. 31:6).  Joshua and the Hebrews who were about to enter the Promised Land found great comfort in those words.         After floating around in the ark for a year I would imagine Noah could have wondered if God had forgotten about t...  Read More

Isaiah 44:6-48:11. “What is Your I Focused On?”          “You can always recognize an egotist by the gleam in his I.”  That “I” can get us in a lot of trouble.  The center of pride is “I”.  Ignore begins with “I”.         We can get in trouble ignoring something pride keeps us from following.  In chapter 48, verse three, God tells the people, “Time and again I warned you about what was going to h...  Read More

“If a man had half as much foresight as he has twice as much hindsight, he’d be a lot better off.” –Robert J. Burdette         The theme of the week is primarily that of learning from the past, although there is a great deal of looking to the future as well.  As you explore what learning from the past really means, you will need to discover the place for proper perspectives and earnest application...  Read More

The theme of the week is primarily that of learning from the past, although there is a great deal of looking to the future as well.  As you explore what learning from the past really means, you will need to discover the place for proper perspectives and earnest applications.  It is truly a journey we are on, so may we learn as we go.  Read More