Jer. 44:14-18 – Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in…
Author: Joshua Edwards
A New Commandment
John 13:34 – A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. In John 13, we get a glimpse of the Lord with his disciples in the upper room at the last supper just hours before His arrest and expedited crucifixion. As the…
In Every Thing Give Thanks
1 Thess. 5:18 – In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. The life of a son/daughter of God should be a life of thanksgiving. Frequently on the pages of scripture we are exhorted to give thanks to the Father and to continue therein without ceasing…
Caring for His Wounds
Isa. 53:5 – But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities… In Isa. 53, the prophet is outlaying the means by which the redemption of Jehovah’s nation would be accomplished. Per the terms of the law contract, the nation’s transgressions had yielded the bitter fruit of covenantal chastening, and their…
The Gospel: A Revealer, Discriminator & Savior
Romans 1:16-19 – For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall…
Many Offences Unto Justification
Romans 5:16 – And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. In Romans 5, Paul the apostle delineates the security of the “hope” that we have in Christ. Having expounded the fundamentals…
Purposed, But Let Hitherto
Romans 1:13 – Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. Romans is the foundation of “the faith” (Rom. 1:5). As Paul declares in Rom. 1:11, the doctrinal design of the epistle is “to…
Godly Edifying
1 Timothy 1:3-4 – As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. The business of the pastor-teacher…
What Kind of Fool Are You?
Prov. 17:25 – A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 1 Cor. 4:10 – We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. In I Corinthians 1-4, the Apostle…
When I See the Blood
Exodus 12:13 – …and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you… In Exodus 12, we have the account of the Passover night in Egypt in which the tenth and dreadful plague was to finish the devastation of Egypt. On that frightful…
Zeal Without Knowledge
Romans 10:2 – For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. Romans 9-11 sets forth the inspired explanation of the great dispensational change that has occurred in God’s dealings with man in view of Israel being set aside. The subject matter of these chapters is the…