Tag: Immanuel
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Immanuel
Judges 6:11-16 “Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, ‘The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.’ And Gideon said to him,…
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The knowledge that is eternal life
John 17:3 “And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” How is it that knowing God the Father and Jesus, God’s son, is the same as eternal life, for that’s what Jesus claimed in the verse above? How is it that to know any being is equivalent…
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He dwells in the bush
Deuteronomy 33:13-16 “Blessed by the Lord be his land . . . with the best gifts of the earth and its fullness and the favor of him who dwells in the bush. May these rest on the head of Joseph, on the pate of him who is prince among his brothers.” Deuteronomy 33 records the last words of Moses…
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Being watched
Psalm 119:168 “I keep your precepts and testimonies, for all my ways are before you.” Do you realize that you are being watched every moment of every day? It doesn’t matter where we are, who we’re with, if it’s day or night, if we are in public or in secret and “all by our self.”…
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And He made the court
Exodus 38:9 “And he made the court.” So, what’s the big deal about a verse like the one above? Who cares, in this day and age, what the Bible says about such a minor detail as the court in the construction of the tabernacle? Does it have any meaning to us at all? I would…
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The very present help
Psalm 46:1 “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Are you facing any trouble in your life right now? If you’re not, you’re the rare individual, and if you’re not, wait a little while, and trouble will find its way to you. We are told that “man is born to trouble as the sparks…
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Immanuel
Genesis 31:3 “Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Return to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.” When God told Jacob that He would be with him in the verse above, what did He mean? Is it the idea that He would be “with him in spirit” as…
To Encourage You 