Strangers in a hostile world – this is what the disciples of Christ were and are to be. Jesus said so in John 16. This chapter of John’s gospel account is the conclusion of the discourse He gave to His men after the supper and after the washing of the...
As we continue to behold in the Word of God as in a mirror the Glory of the Lord, we are constantly being transformed into His image, from glory to glory. (II Cor.3:18) But even now, in the whirlwind of wickedness of this world system, we are already as He...
“…Foxes have holes, the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.” Jesus spoke these words in answer to a certain scribe, a man of the Torah, a copyist who spent his hours with letters and words and pen and ink...
“Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Jesus spoke these words from the Cross. It was the first sentence He said once He was lifted up, according to Luke 23. His hands and feet were pierced. He had been lashed mercilessly with a scourge. A crown of...
In Paul’s “Romans” letter we delight in a plethora of plenty, an Easter basket of colors, a bounty of beautiful treats, a bundle of love. First, a plethora of plenty; We have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. by faith we stand in...
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? — shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?” “As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we...
David was persuaded that God's delight was not in him always "getting it right" but rather in his fearing Him and delighting in His Mercy. He thus kept himself free from his guilt and shame and knew that God saw him "blameless"!
