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God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:4 Are you right to be angry?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:4 4 But the LORD said, “Are you right to be angry?” Man is never right to be angry with God. The verb I’ve translated “are you right?” is ha-heteb, a causative question from the verb yatab “be good, right, pleasing” (as in “Learn to do right,” Isa. 1:17). God […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:2-3 a gracious and compassionate God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:2-3 2 He prayed to the LORD and said, “O LORD, isn’t this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That was why I first tried to flee to Tarshish, since I knew you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding […]
God’s Word for You – Jonah 4:1 He became angry about it
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 4:1 4 But this was displeasing to Jonah, very, very displeasing, and he became angry about it. Here in the Hebrew text, the verb wa-yera is either “he was displeased” or “it was displeasing.” Since it is followed by “to Jonah” (el-Yonah), I have taken the verb as impersonal, “it […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 87:6-7 All my fountains
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 87:6-7 6 The LORD will write in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.” Selah The one who writes our names in heaven is the LORD God himself, and for this we praise him in all humility. The Sons of Korah want us to dwell […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 87:4-5 Born in Zion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 87:4-5 4 I will record Rahab and Babylon among those who acknowledge me— Behold—even Philistia, and Tyre, along with Cush! I will say: “This one was born in Zion.” For most readers, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre and Cush should be familiar places; enemy nations surrounding Israel. Babylon was […]
God’s Word for You – Psalm 87:1-3 City of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PSALM 87:1-3 P S A L M 8 7 I pray that my comments on this Psalm and some of its technical details will in no way diminish anyone’s love or appreciation for this masterpiece. It was the text of one of the first pieces of religious music I ever attempted, […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:9 all the fullness of the Deity
CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF GOD’S WORD FOR YOU On Reformation Day, October 31, 1999, just two months after I was ordained, I was guest preaching at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Des Moines, Washington. When I sat down after my sermon, which urged the congregation to reach out with the gospel by whatever means they […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:8 philosophy and empty deception
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:8 8 Make sure that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. This part of Paul’s letter is the heart of his warning against the false teaching that was happening in […]
God’s Word for You – Proverbs 23:6-8 the devil is never your friend
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU PROVERS 23:6-8 6 Do not eat any food belonging to a stingy man, do not long for his delicacies. 7 For what he is really thinking about is himself. “Eat and drink,” he says, but his heart is not with you. 8 You will vomit whatever you have eaten and your […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:7 rooted and built up
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:7 7 firmly rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. Paul’s stress here is on the permanence of your faith. He gives us one of the many beautiful lists of the Scriptures. These lists are always worth careful […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:6 walk in Christ
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:6 6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, walk in him, The gift of Christ is given through the preaching of the gospel, or through baptism which brings the gospel together with the washing of sins, which, indeed, is the gospel as well. Paul preaches to […]
God’s Word for You – Colossians 2:4-5 false, fine-sounding arguments
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU COLOSSIANS 2:4-5 4 I tell you this so that no one may lead you astray with false, fine-sounding arguments. Paul uses two similar words as warnings here. The verb paralogizomai (παραλογίζoμαι) is to lead someone astray. Its noun form, parology (παραλογία), is an argument that is “beside the truth,” based on […]
