The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6 Years ago, there was a commercial that always ran about the investment company, ‘E. F. Hutton’ that always said: ‘When E. F. Hutton speaks, everyone listens’. People loved to hear him speak, because it... Continue Reading →
Numbers 24:13 Unwilling To Take A Bribe
If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord, to do good or bad of my own will. What the Lord says, that I must speak? Numbers 24:13 In this world it is commonly heard that money talks, meaning it can... Continue Reading →
Malachi 3:3 Purified To Offer Righteousness
He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord an offering in righteousness. Malachi 3:3 Metals are heated up to a melting point in order to get the garbage removed from it.... Continue Reading →
Isaiah 31:7 Throw Away Your Idols
For in that day every man shall throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold--sin, which your own hands have made for yourselves. Isaiah 31:7 Every person has things that one likes and cherishes. Most will also have things that they idolize, that they put above everything and everyone else. Those things... Continue Reading →
Psalm 66:10 Be Tested And Refined
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined. Psalm 66:10 Silver and other metals are often put through a refining process to make the metal more pure. It is a process of heating the metal up to the melting point and then removing any impurities that show up.... Continue Reading →