Moses Dies Before He Reaches His Lifelong Destination Even one sin is enough to disqualify us from attaining God’s perfect standard; Jesus bridges the gap. The book of Deuteronomy concludes with the death of Moses. Moses faithfully leads God’s...
We Need to Listen to God and Obey Him Our Actions and Our Lack of Actions Have Consequences As the Israelites prepare to enter the territory God promises to give them. Moses, relaying God’s words to the people, gives them a stern warning. Though...
Don’t Veil Selfish Motives in Spiritual Terms The root cause of conflict is our egos, even when we hide our agenda by citing scripture In Numbers 12 we see a story of sibling rivalry, one at a spiritual level. Moses, the leader of the Israelites...
Is it Ever Okay to Lie? Telling the truth is not an absolute; there are shades of gray The descendants of Jacob (Israel) are enslaved in Egypt. They are prolific and their captors fear their growing numbers. To curb their population explosion the...
What Does an Eye for an Eye Really Mean? In one of the Bible’s more horrific stories, Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, is taken by force and raped by the outsider, Shechem. When Jacob hears of this he does nothing. Perhaps he fears for his life should he...
What Do We Do To Dishonor God? In his letter to the Christians living in Rome, Paul talks about people who attempt to live life according to a bunch of religious rules, that is, the law. The result is that God is disrespected, not so much by the...
Women in the Bible: Zipporah With the Pharaoh out to get him, Moses flees for his life. He marries the shepherdess Zipporah, daughter of the priest of Midian. They have two sons: Gershom and Eliezer. Years later when Moses and his family travel...
One Mistake is One Too Many Last week we talked about Moses’ mistake of hitting the rock instead of speaking to it. He did this in disobedience to what God told him to do. The Bible calls this sin. As a result of Moses’ mistake, that is his sin...
Listen Carefully to What God Says For four decades Moses led the people as they wandered in the dessert. Once when they were thirsty, God told Moses to hit a certain rock with his walking stick. He did and water gushed out. Later on, the people...
What Does “An Eye For An Eye” Really Mean? The phrase “an eye for an eye” occurs four times in the Bible. The first three are in the Old Testament, in the Law of Moses. In these verses it seems that Moses grants us permission to seek revenge...
