The Mind of Christ

1 Chronicles 28:3 But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ God is talking to king David, through the prophet Nathan. In this chapter, David is coming to the end of his life. So, he…

1 Chronicles 21:7 But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel. What is happening here is David who is king over Israel wants to take a census of the people. Basically take a count of how many people he is ruling over. We do this every ten years in the United States…

2 Samuel 14:14We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast. Joab, David’s general, orchestrates a plan to bring back…

Deuteronomy 7:23 But the Lord your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed. In this section on Deuteronomy God is talking to his Chosen people, the Israelites, and telling them that they must overtake 7 different tribes of peoples that inhabitant the promise land. God…

1 Samuel 23:14 And David remained in the strongholds in the wilderness, in the hill country of the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hand. Fast forward to the time of the first king of Israel. The Israelites had “judges” that God had…

Genesis 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. We now come to Joseph, Jacobs son, who was sold into slavery by his brothers. His brothers hated him because Jacob, his dad,…

Exodus 13:18But God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle. We now enter the book of Exodus! God has chosen Moses to be the leader of his…

Genesis 21:12 But God said to Abraham, “Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named. This verse is in the midst of Abraham, again, trying to do things on his…

Genesis 31:7yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not permit him to harm me. As we move through the book of Genesis we encounter Jacob. Jacob is an ornery man and often finds himself in difficult situations. Jacob stole the birthright from…