Understanding the Scriptures

She asked Mercy of the Lord and Received it

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Matthew 7:6 Not giving that which is holy to dogs is a metaphor that Jesus brought up in The Sermon on the Mount referenced aboveDogs in

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Humility Before God

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place,with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit,to revive the spirit of the humble,and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isaiah 57:15 Many of the people who were touched by Jesus were humbleExcept the

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The Word Reproves

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Proverbs 29:1 We do not think like GodGod’s thoughts are higher than oursFor as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9It’s pretty simple to understand what God

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God’s Hand is Not Short

Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear:But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear. Isaiah 59:1-2 The whole chapter of Isaiah 59 tells how God’s people have gone astrayAt

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