In today’s Bible reading*, the Apostles come to a point where they realize they can’t do it all. They couldn’t even serve tables on their own. People began accusing the Apostles of overlooking the Hellenistic (Gentile) widows and giving preference to Jewish widows. That may or may not have been the case, but the accusation…
God tells Ezekiel He will restore the priesthood today’s Bible reading* and reminds him that the Lord is their inheritance. He reminds them of His original charge and requirements of the priests. Obviously, they had forgotten. When God’s people took the land that God had promised Abraham, each tribe was given a portion of the…
In today’s Bible reading* we see a prophecy concerning the Holy Spirit fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2. On that day when the Holy Spirit indwelt Jesus’ Disciples, Peter stood up and quoted part of Joel 2. Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice, and proclaimed to them, “Fellow Jews…
Today’s Bible reading* gives God’s people a few warnings about false teachers and false prophets. If a man comes and utters empty lies —“I will preach to you about wine and beer” —he would be just the preacher for this people!Micah 2:11 (CSB) Micah judges these false prophets of his day, This is what the…
Twice in today’s Bible reading* we read of someone delivering news from the Lord. And both times, it was wrong. They were false prophets. In 2 Samuel 16:21, Ahithophel told Absalom to rape David’s concubines to demonstrate his contempt for David. Ahithophel also encouraged Absalom to pursue David to kill him. Hushai warned Absalom that…