“Anointed for Service”


Isaiah 61 Messiah knew that the Lord had chosen and commissioned him.  He recalled the words of Isaiah 61 as he spoke before the audience in his local synagogue: “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me […]

Are you a Friend?


Isaiah 41 “A Friend is..” What is a true friend? Isaiah reminds the people that God called Abraham his friend. How and why did God choose that designation? James tells us that  “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.”  [James 2:23] Ruth also fits in that […]

In the Game of Chess—God Wins!


Isaiah 36-37 “The Taunts of the Enemy” In the 30’s Al Capone ruled Chicago. He taunted those who did not want to pay him for protection, and if they didn’t, he took note and sent his thugs to “take care of the problem.” Sennacherib was the Capone Hezekiah faced.  His thugs were Rabshakeh and his […]