Like Rehoboam, any time our personal agendas block out the voice of God, we’ll lose ground. Care to guess what Rehoboam’s name means? Here’s some rich irony. It means “a people has enlarged.” That sounds like politician-speak, like passing a deficit-reduction bill that promises to reduce the increase in the amount of borrowing that they […]
Learning the right emphasis in this verse is what makes all the difference… […]
The Lord’s restraint in expunging sins of the saints doesn’t extend to unrepentant sinners. In this chapter (1 Chron 10), the foolishness of Rehoboam is on full display. Solomon anticipated this day when he wrote of the grief caused by leaving his wealth to someone who might be foolish. “Then I hated all my labor in […]
Just one letter makes the difference between Mixup and Fixup. But what a difference it makes! I specialize in the first; God specializes in the second. I’m very glad for that! […]
It’s a poor diet to eat “the muscle that shrank” (Gen 32:32)—feeding on the failures of God’s people. Some words you may only get to use correctly once or twice in a lifetime. Here’s one—expurgated! The Chronicles are the expurgated editions of the Books of Kings. The dictionary defines the word as “an account having had objectionable […]
There’s wisdom in the adage, “Do your giving while you’re living; then you’re knowing where it’s going.” The old preachers had a saying: God is neither enriched by withholding nor impoverished by giving. This is certainly true with the infinitude of heaven’s resources, but it can also practically be true in our lives. Solomon noted, “There […]
Read More… from November 7, 2024 — Then Whose Shall These Things Be?
One of heaven’s ‘remarkabilities’? Both the queen of Sheba and I will feel at home there! Let’s linger a little longer with the queen of Sheba as she says goodbye to Solomon. Why? Because the Lord Jesus made the link Himself in Matthew 12:39-42. He drew a remarkable comparison between two seeming opposites. In the […]
Read More… from November 6, 2024 — We’ll Never Say Goodbye To Our King!
“Everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one.” —A.W. Tozer The report of Sheba’s queen visiting Jerusalem in 2 Chronicles 9 closely follows the account in 1 Kings 10. We won’t duplicate our earlier commentary, but if we made an outline of the passage, the headings might look like […]
Read More… from November 5, 2024 — The Half Has Not Been Told