This is a warning for us, because any one of us can be like these false teachers who, “wandered off the right road and followed the footsteps of Balaam.”
We’d be silly to think that only recently has culture gone downhill. Broken sexuality and violence have always been the twin cities were fallen humanity has made its home.
One of the defining identity markers for Christians is that we are resurrection people. This means that we understand that God always has the last word.
Even though no one would listen, Noah didn’t sit idly by while sin and brokenness took over. So while it should be obvious, I’ll say it anyway: Go be like Noah.
How many times have we believed that the right leader, possesion, power, or even weapon will give us all the prosperity and security we long for.
Of course this is the story Peter tells before his death, and he is not going to be a martyr for something that isn’t true.
Maybe the reason we’re not ready for the “new and relevant thing” is because there isn’t one.
What does it profit me to gain a complete resume, but lose my soul?
This psalm celebrates the power and grandeur of the voice of the Lord.
Jesus’ divine nature can become our nature. God’s glory can become our glory. That’s worth rejoicing about.
The temptation we all face in any level of Bible study is the Living Word of God becoming merely informational instead of transformational.
Simon Peter often responded out of selfish love for himself. The slave and apostle responded out of profound love for God and for others. This move took his entire life, and it will take ours.
