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Fire can be tempting for some, especially brothers (and yes, I have a brother). Nabad and Abihu were brothers who played with fire and it cost them. At least a dozen ideas exist for explaining the strange or unauthorized fire these two brothers offered to God in Leviticus 10. The most probable explanations are that…
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In the first verse of Exodus 32, we discover three contributors to the rebellion that was about to take place in the wilderness. We are first told that Moses was delayed. He received the Ten Commandments, plans for the tabernacle, various laws, and instructions for festivals. The people grew impatient as they waited for Moses.…
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The Bible is filled with simple tests. Adam was told he could eat from anything in the garden except for ONE tree (Gen 2:17). Naaman was told to simply dunk himself in the Jordan River seven times to be healed of his leprosy (2 Kings 5:10). Jesus told the rich young ruler to sell everything…
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God directed Moses to confront Pharaoh, but he also told him Pharaoh would not listen. Think about that for a moment. Moses received an assignment and was told he would face a person with a heart of stone. Granted, God promised an eventual release, but there were long days ahead before Moses would get to…
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In Psalm 141:5, David called upon God to use a righteous man to rebuke and discipline him. He asked that wise people would help restrain his lips (v 3), heart (v. 4), and actions (v 4). He declared that he would treat these words offered to him in rebuke as the anointing of oil on…
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