GENESIS 1:2

The Spirit here is not a “wind from God”, sent out to dry what was created… it is the personal spirit,  the Third Person of the Trinity… The word translated by “hovering”… is used elsewhere of a bird that hovers protectively over her young (Deut. 33:11). Already in the first instance where the Holy Spirit is

GENESIS 1:2

Our culture, and even the Christian church today, seems to view science in a way similar to how a Roman Catholic views the Pope. If the scientific community says it then it must be true! I know that I’m beginning to wade out into deep and dangerous waters here, and I do not intend to

GENESIS 1:2

 I know that I have been repetitive, but it is needed. This interpretation that I have given you of Genesis 1:1 is uncommon today. The older commentators tend to say what I have just said, and the better of the more modern commentators agree, but not many. And I am afraid that Christians today often

GENESIS 1:2

That the scriptures teach that there is a heavenly, spiritual and invisible realm (invisible to us) cannot be denied. But when was this realm made? It was created by God in the beginning. When were the angels made who reside there? They were created by God in the beginning. “In the beginning, God created the heavensand

GENESIS 1:2

“Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if

GENESIS 1:1

II. God created . . . (vv.1b-5) God existed, lacking nothing in Himself, and yet chose to create the world and everything in it. The Hebrew word for “create” is bara(overscores)’ – meaning “to create something new” and used only in conjunction with God. God’s creative acts, both in terms of what and how He

GENESIS 1:1

Connection to unit theme Almighty God is. That is, He exists. There never was a time when He did not exist. And, out of His sovereignty and divine prerogative, He created. While there was nothing lacking in God, He took the initiative to create. In so doing – both in terms of what He made

PSALM 111 – 3

I heard a story of a lady who lived on the streets. However it was discovered that she actually owned a three bedroom brick home in the town where she was. On the coldest nights she might go and sleep on her front porch but otherwise she only went by on occasion to get her

PSALM 111 – 2

Verses 2-4 culminate in verse 4b’s refrain “the LORD is gracious and merciful.” “Gracious,” from the Hebrew verbal root hanan, and “merciful,” from the verbal root raham, are two of the self-declarative attributes of God given to Moses in Exodus 34:6. God declares, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding

PSALM 111 – 1

Psalm 111 is classified as an Individual Hymn of Thanksgiving, a psalm type in which the singer gives thanks for God’s goodness in delivering him/her from various life-threatening situations such as illness, oppression, or enemy attack. The words of thanks by this individual worshiper are unusual, however, for they recount not an event of God’s