“So Y’hoshua made a covenant with the people that day, laying down for them laws and rulings there in Sh’khem.”-Joshua 24:25 So Joshua commands the people one final time to get rid of all their god idols they’ve got hidden away not only in their tents but also in their hearts. That’s something important to […]

 “Y’hoshua said to the people, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Adonai, to serve him.’” -Joshua 24:22 The importance and real meaning of verse 22 is something we modern folks overlook. Because in the ancient world, it carried an entirely different meaning. After Joshua first rejected Israel’s answer to the question “Will […]

But the people said to Y’hoshua, “‘No, but we will serve Adonai.’ Y’hoshua said to the people, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Adonai, to serve him.’ They answered, ‘We are witnesses.’ ‘Now,’ Y’hoshua urged, ‘put away the foreign gods you have among you, and turn your hearts to Adonai, the God […]

Last time we left off with the question of “What happens to those who have entered into a personal relationship with God but later chooses to give up that relationship?” Does Hashem casually let one of His own just walk away without consequences? Or does the backsliding believer have the option to do a time-out […]

I finished off yesterday’s post by concluding that the believer has been called out to serve the Lord “with 100% commitment and perfection.” Unfortunately, this is something we’ll never achieve this side of heaven. Because if you’ve already committed even one sin in your life up until now, you’re out of the game already. Yet we […]