One of the things you do not want to miss when you read and study the Bible is how God uses various conjunctions in His communication to us (e.g., for, and, or, yet, therefore, now, then, so that, because, as, if, etc.).

Conjunctions are crucial for understanding Scripture and they reveal the relationships between ideas, clauses, and sentences. For example, the conjunction “and” connects ideas and clauses of equal importance (Gen. 1:1: “God created the heavens and the earth”), “for” explains or clarifies a preceding statement (Eph. 6:1: “Children, obey your parents I the Lord, for this is right”), and “since” indicates a reason or cause (Heb. 9:17: “a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive").

In my message this past Sunday, I shared this thought: One of the problems we have in our theology is that it is not low enough or high enough. We don’t see how low we really are in regard to the pervasive nature of our sin and how much it has corrupted our mind, emotions, will, and body. But also, we don’t see how high our God really is as the only true and living One who is far beyond our total comprehension and perfectly holy, righteous, and just in all His ways.

I have always enjoyed quotes that convict, make you think, and inspire your life. Here are a few of my favorites: