Archive for month: May, 2020

Hi GAMErs,

Today we begin the book of Nahum.   Let’s go!

Nahum 1:1 (NIV) 
1  An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.

On verse 1:  Here is some background info on the book of Nahum that you may find helpful:
According to many scholars, the book of Nahum was written between approximately 663 and 612 B.C. 
Not much is known about Nahum.  Nahum was a prophet who came from the village of Elkosh.  The whereabouts of the village of Elkosh are not known, although some scholars suggest that it is actually in Capernaum where Jesus would begin his ministry.  Capernaum literally means village of Nahum”.   

Nahum’s name means “comforter”.  This may seem odd given the doomy and gloomy message Nahum has here for the city of Nineveh.  That said, the book of Nahum also contains important words of comfort for Nahum’s own people of Judah.

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Jude 1:17-24.  Let’s go!
 
Jude 1:17-18 (NIV) 
17  But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 
18  They said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.”
 
On verses 17-18:  In the face of false teachers, Jude tells his Christian readers to remember how the apostles had warned them that false teachers would come.  What can we learn from this?
When false teachers try to lead you away from the truth we have in Jesus, don’t be surprised.  This is something Jesus Himself warned about (for example, see Matthew 7:15; Matthew 24:11, 24).  This is also something the apostles warned about (for example, see Acts 20:29; 2 Corinthians 11:13; Colossians 2:18). 

Hi GAMErs,

Today’s passage is Jude 1:8-16.  In the following passage, Jude will describe five ways that you can put your foot in your mouth – that is, five ways that you can do damage (especially to yourself) with your words.  The first one is in verse 8, the other four are in verse 16.  Let’s go!

Your words are powerful.  Here Jude describes five ways that you can put your foot in your mouth – that is, five ways that you can do damage (especially to yourself) with your words.

Jude 1:8-10 (NIV) 
8  In the very same way, these dreamers pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander celestial beings. 
9  But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” 
10  Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals–these are the very things that destroy them.