The first commandment is the most reliable measurement of success for a believer at the judgment seat of Christ. It’s what He wants first and it’s how He defines what is or is not great about of lives (Matt 22:38). May we stand before Him mature and complete in love on that day.
When I was Muslim, I never noticed what the Quran doesn’t have.
Dates. Places. Names you can check.
Read the Quran’s stories: no chronology, almost no geography, kings called only “Pharaoh,” events floating in no particular year.
Where did the story happen? When? Under whom? The text doesn’t say. You can’t check it… which conveniently means you can’t crosscheck it.
Now read the opening of Luke 3:
“In the FIFTEENTH YEAR of the reign of TIBERIUS CAESAR — PONTIUS PILATE being governor of JUDEA, HEROD being tetrarch of GALILEE, his brother PHILIP tetrarch of ITUREA and TRACHONITIS, and LYSANIAS tetrarch of ABILENE, during the high priesthood of ANNAS and CAIAPHAS…”
SEVEN historical anchors in one sentence.
An emperor, a governor, three rulers with their exact territories, two high priests.
And people HAVE checked — for centuries, often trying to break it. Skeptics mocked Luke’s “Lysanias of Abilene” as an error…
UNTIL an inscription naming Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene turned up.
Pilate was called legend by some… until the Pilate Stone was dug up at Caesarea in 1961 with his name and title carved in it.
Luke 1:3-4 tells you why: “Having followed all things closely… that you may have CERTAINTY.”
Certainty. That’s the offer.
One book floats above history where nothing can touch it.
The other planted its flag in checkable ground and said: dig.
They dug. It’s still standing.
Praise the Lord and His mighty God-Breathed scripture.
Our favorite neighborhood cray says “goyim” means “cattle,” not “nations.” So let’s try it out:
“These are the families of Noah….by these the [cattle] of the earth were divided” (Gen 10:32)
“I will make of you a great [cattle]” (Gen 12:2)
“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of many [cattle]” (Gen 17:4)
“He increaseth the [cattle], and destroyeth them. He enlargeth the [cattle], and straiteneth them again” (Job 12:23)
“Why do the [cattle] rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?” (Psalm 2:1)
“For the Kingdom is the LORD’s, and He rules over the [cattle]” (Psalm 22:28)
“Be still and know I am GOD; I will be exalted amongst the [cattle], I will be exalted in the earth” (Psalm 46:10)
My personal favorite:
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains,and shall be exalted above the hills; and all [cattle] shall flow unto it…And He shall judge among the [cattle], and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” (Isa 2:2, 4)
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When things are moving very fast and people are losing their minds, it’s important to stay grounded. Turn off your phone, read scripture, spend time with friends, and remember internet fury is not real life. It’s going to be ok.
A synonym for father/husband should be the word “Joy.” Fathers, this weekend, may your house be full of laughter and joy! You’re the CJO, “Chief Joy Officer” in your home.
One of the most common but erroneous claims made concerning Galatians 3:16 goes like this: Every time the word "seed" is used in Genesis 12-22, it is only referring to Jesus.
Paul in Galatians 3:16 is not saying that every time Genesis talks about Abraham’s “seed,” it only means Jesus. The Hebrew word zeraʿ (“seed”) can mean one person or many. In Genesis, it clearly refers to both:
Plural/collective:
“Count the stars… so shall your descendants be.” (Genesis 15:5)
“I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth.” (Genesis 13:16)
Singular/representative:
“…through Isaac your descendants shall be named.” (Genesis 21:12)
“…in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 22:18)
Genesis itself shows the promise narrowing to one chosen heir within the many, first it narrowed to Isaac, then it narrowed to Jacob, and ultimately it narrows to the Messiah.
Paul’s point is that Christ is the ultimate “Seed” through whom the promise comes, and those who belong to Him are also counted as Abraham’s seed (Galatians 3:29). He’s not rewriting the Old Testament; he’s following its own pattern: many descendants, one promised heir.