Sound teaching, hard passages, prophecy, and errors to avoid.
We learn from God that we need to be very patient with each other. We should follow a justice system that is so transparent that even the guilty acknowledges that the process was fair. We must not just want to be fair, but also be seen as being fair. The highest point in the justice system is not just when justice is served but also when the guilty suffer punishment but do not cast doubt on the process.
A person who is in a relationship should not be wandering about as if they are single. There is a mannerism associated with someone who has found a loved one. The lady tells the man, I should no longer conduct myself as if I am available to any other person. Therefore, I should know more about you and when I come out I come straight to you. This is why I need to know more about you. My love, I need to know more about you!
The Shunammite woman who converses with Solomon in this book, Song of songs, is she an African or not? Does she have a dark skin? What does the Bible tell us and mean in the following passage? The Shunammite tells us that, dark am I, yet lovely!
Wisdom and knowledge like oxygen are only useful when it’s enough. More oxygen can kill. More oxygen than you need doesn’t improve life or make it better. More oxygen can’t prevent death. You just need enough oxygen to survive while life itself sustained by God. You just need enough wisdom and knowledge to survive while we surrender the rest to God. More wisdom more knowledge is very dangerous!
What is ill-gotten wealth? Does this affect senior government officials only? What could be the ill-gotten wealth in my life? After identifying that I have ill-gotten wealth, what do I do? Is it true that ill-gotten wealth can kill?
Do we have people we need to appreciate? Are there people we can’t be successful without? Are there people who make your day-to-day easier? Are there people whose services are cheaply available but their absence would plunge you into a crisis? Make it your custom to celebrate people!
How far have you gone from God? He can still restore you. He tells Israelites that it doesn’t matter how far scattered they are, if they repent, it will be His business to bring them back, Nehemiah 1:9. Fix yours and I will fix anything!
Isn’t that so severe? Die for breach of protocol? To breach protocol is to break protocol. To fail to follow the given protocol. A protocol is a system of doing things in an orderly way spelling clearly where to begin where to go through and where to end. To deviate from protocol is a breach of protocol. For breach of protocol, you will die!
At some point God ordered a census that everyone was counted including Levites, immediately after crossing the Red sea. Now He says do not count the Levites, but count all others. Why? At another time David is punished for taking a census of Israel, yet in the past God Himself has several times ordered a census. Why punish David?