In this book, Nahum portrays the downfall of Nineveh and Assyria as an image of how God will confront and bring down all violent human empires.
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Teach us to Pray, Oh Lord!
Sunday morning before Worship Team practice as I walk through the building, praying for the service, the message, the people and for God to work in our lives.
The wise man builds his House upon the Rock (See notes Below)
from John MacArthur study Bible
3:4 Paul … Apollos. Factionalism was the divisive product of carnality. Cf. 1:11–13. †
3:5–7 What then is Apollos … Paul? A humble, but accurate assessment of the roles that ministers play. the Lord gave … God who causes the growth. It is the Lord alone who can give the faith to the spiritually ignorant and dead. Salvation is God’s work of grace to whom He chooses to give it (see notes on Ro 9:15–19; Eph 2:8, 9).
3:8 are one. All the human instruments God uses to produce salvation life are equally considered and rewarded for their willingness to be used by God. But all the glory goes to Him, who alone saves. Because of that, the silly favoritism of v. 4; 1:12 is condemned. See notes on Mt 20:1–16.
3:9 we. Paul, Apollos, Peter, and all ministers are equal workers in the field, but the spiritual life from that field is entirely by God’s grace and power. God’s building. Paul shifts the imagery from agricultural to construction (vv. 10–17). †
3:10 master builder … foundation. The Gr. word is the root for architect, but contained the idea of builder as well as designer. Paul’s specialty was designing and building spiritual foundations (cf. Ro 15:20). He was used by God to establish the groundwork for churches in Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Greece. Others (e.g., Timothy, Apollos) built the churches up from his foundations. That God used him in that way was all of grace (cf. v. 7; 15:20; Ro 15:18; Eph 3:7, 8; Col 1:29). each man. This primarily refers to evangelists and pastor-teachers.
3:11 no … foundation other than. Paul did not design the foundation, he only laid it down by preaching Christ. Cf. 1Pe 2:6–8.
What is the Bible? Part 1
www.bible.com/reading-plans/22273/day/10
In the Beginning of All Creation…………. Genesis
www.bible.com/reading-plans/15998/day/1
Where is our Hope, for both the USA and Israel? It is uniquely the same if you look at the Bible in both the Old and the New Testament.
www.bible.com/reading-plans/13255/day/2
Your Mercies NEVER fail us. The birth of Jesus, was the beginning of a new covenant, to all people. Many, will come to know him, not just as a Baby,but as the Son of God, who came to save the World, from their sin.
We are ALL Created, EQUAL in his sight.
For HE is GOOD, HIS LOVE, endures forever.
Living Waters 