He declares his word to Jacob, his statutes and rules to Israel. He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his rules. Praise the LORD! (Psalm 147:19–20 ESV). The psalmist concluded his hymn of praise by celebrating Gods greatest gift to Israel. While all nations witnessed Gods power in creation

You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times (2 Kings 13:19 ESV). 2 Kings 13:14–19 is one of the more puzzling episodes in the life of Elisha. After telling King

“One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. (Psalm 145:4 ESV). David wrote this psalm of praise as a testimony to the greatness and enduring worth of the LORD. He spoke to the covenant community of Israel, who had been shaped by centuries of God’s faithful intervention in their

“Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead” (Acts 17:31 ESV). Luke recorded Pauls message to the philosophers and citizens of Athens as he proclaimed the

As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination (Acts 16:16 ESV). Luke wrote the book of Acts to provide an orderly account of the spread of the gospel through the power of the Holy Spirit. Throughout most of Acts, he

“I cry to you, O LORD; I say, ‘You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.’” (Psalm 142:5 ESV). David wrote Psalm 142 while hiding in a cave, pursued by enemies and feeling utterly alone. In the preceding verses, he described his distress, confessing that no one seemed to care for

Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? (Acts 15:10 ESV). At the Jerusalem Council, Peter addressed those who were insisting that Gentile converts must be circumcised and obey the Law of

We bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them. In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. Yet he did not leave himself without witness,

And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven (2 Kings 2:11 ESV). The book of 2 Kings recorded Elijahs remarkable departure from earth before the eyes of his successor, Elisha. While many imagine

“Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses” (Acts 13:38-39 ESV). Luke recorded these words as the climax of Pauls sermon in