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Monday Jul 25, 2022
Monday Jul 25, 2022
En garde is French for “on (your) guard.” In fencing, the phrase is shouted by the referee at the start of each match. This exclamation tells the fencers to assume a position ready for action, to prepare to contend against their opponents. Jude gives a similar exclamation at the opening of Jude 11: “Woe!” The word is an interjection. Jude is sounding the alarm, telling the church to be en garde against those who act falsely, to be in a position of readiness to recognize them, and to contend against them.
Monday Jul 18, 2022
Monday Jul 18, 2022
In the opening verses of this book, we learn that Jude has to change course regarding the intent of his letter, in order to address a significant issue in the church. “Certain people have crept in unnoticed” (Jude 4). They pervert God’s grace and deny Jesus as Lord. These people are such a threat to the Body of Christ that Jude spends most of the letter painting a picture of who they are so that we may be able to spot them and also avoid becoming them ourselves.
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Monday Jul 11, 2022
Jude is addressing a situation in which a wheat-and-chaff separation is needed, as false teachers have infiltrated the church he is addressing. In the letter’s introduction, he draws a clear line between those who follow Christ and those who mean to harm the church. He aims to enlist the faithful in contending for the faith by teaching them to recognize and root out those who are false.
Monday Jul 04, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
The crossing of the Red Sea is one of the most dramatic miracles in all of the Bible. This mighty act and its association with the people of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt makes it a foundational part of God’s history with Israel. It is referred to directly no less than fifteen times (Deuteronomy 11:4; Joshua 2:10; 4:23; 24:6-7; Nehemiah 9:9-11; Psalm 66:6; 77:16-20; 78:13, 53; 106:9-11, 21-23; 136:13-15; Isaiah 51:10; 63:11-13; Acts 7:36; 1 Corinthians 10:1-2, 13; Hebrews 11:29), with many more allusions (Psalm 18:13-15; 74:13; Isaiah 23:11; 43:16; Nahum 1:4; Zechariah 10:11). The Red Sea crossing is something that the people of Israel referred to again and again, because it reminded them of God’s great power and care for them. For us who live in anticipation of Jesus’ return, it is also a picture of Him delivering us from the power of sin and Satan.
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
The exodus is a monumental event in human history. For 430 years, God’s people resided in Egypt (Exodus 12:41). Now they are free. But God knows the fickleness and forgetfulness of mankind, and this is why He builds the Feast of the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread into the annual calendar of His people. He calls them to remember His great work of deliverance.
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
The day of the Passover has arrived just as God has promised (see Exodus 4:23). Pharaoh has not heeded God’s commands, therefore the firstborn males in all of Egypt will be killed. Israel will be saved from God’s wrath with this sign: the blood of a lamb smeared on their doorposts. Everything that God had told Israel to prepare for now comes to pass in the events that unfold.
Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
You would think that at any point in Exodus 7-10, Pharaoh would have had enough and abandoned his stubborn hold on the people of Israel. However, just as the plagues have become harder, so has Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 11:10). It takes one last plague to break his resolve and force his hand to send God’s people on their way (11:1). In this passage, we read what the plague on the firstborn will entail. We also see God’s gracious provision to spare the life of His people, called the Passover.
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
As we begin to look at the plagues, we see a pattern emerge. God makes a clear statement through these plagues to His people and to the Egyptians. He sends the plagues in a calculated and orderly way, showing His sovereignty and His divine order among the affairs of men. Nothing is random or by chance. God is in complete control over everything: past, present, and future.
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
In Exodus 6:28-29, God once again reminds Moses of his task, which is to stand before Pharaoh and deliver to Pharaoh all of the words that God has spoken to Moses. As usual, Moses gives God an excuse! He says, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?” (v. 30). Moses feels very unfit to accomplish this task. Will the king of Egypt listen to this old, stuttering Hebrew man? What unfolds next should provide us all with great encouragement and prove to us that God uses very unfit people to accomplish His perfect plan!