Gods Sign Post - EP 596 - Believing in Jesus - 3/20/2025

A daily bible study to draw us closer in our relationship with GOD through our Savior Jesus Christ in prayer and reading the word of GOD.
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365 Devotions on the Power of Prayer
Psalm 104:1-5 NIV
1) Praise the Lord, my soul Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty.
2) The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent
3) and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind.
4) He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants.
5) He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
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Psalm 104:1-5 GNV (1599 Geneva)
1) My soul, praise thou the Lord: O Lord my God, thou art exceeding great, thou art clothed with glory and honor.
2) Which covereth himself with light, as with a garment, and spreadeth the heavens like a curtain.
3) Which layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
4) Which maketh the spirits his messengers, and a flaming fire his ministers.
5) He set the earth upon her foundations, so that it shall never move.
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Life Lessons from Luke
Lesson #6 - Believing in Jesus
Luke 9:18-27
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Further Reading:
To Complete LUKE during this twelve-part study, read LUKE 9:1-10-42.
For more Bible passages on believing in Jesus, read John 3:14-18; 13:19-20; 20:24-31; Acts 16:31; Romans 3:22; Philippians 1:29; 1 Thessalonians 4:14; and 1 John 5:1-12.
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PRAYING THE NAMES OF GOD:
Week #21: SHOPHET; JUDGE
Key Scripture’s : Psalm 94:15

Understanding the Name:
The Hebrew verb shapat (sha-PHAT) can be translated in a variety of ways, including “judge,” “govern,” “decide,” “defend,”and “deliver”. In the Hebrew Scriptures the word often combined the three primary functions of government–the executive, legislative, and judicial–that modern Western nations separate. That’s why leaders like Gideon, Samson, and Deborah were called judges. When we read the Hebrew noun shophet (sho-PHAT), “judge”, in the Hebrew Bible, we need to remember that it often connotes the broader meaning of “ruler.”

The prophets often chided Israel’s rulers for failing to act justly, reserving their harshest word for those who ignored the rights of aliens, the poor, the fatherless, and the widow.

When the word “judge” is used in the New Testament, it tends to mirror the meaning of the Greek culture, emphasizing judicial functions rather than overall rule. The New Testament depicts Jesus as Judge of both the living and the dead.