“I am prepared, first because of the goodness and grace of God, who wants me to be saved (2 Peter 3:9). It all started when He brought conviction of sin upon me through the Holy Spirit and led me to confess and turn away from a life of sin. His death on the cross for my si...
The death and resurrection of Jesus are the most powerful events in history to hinge your faith upon (1 Corinthians 15:14-17). When you are tempted to doubt, despair, or drown in unmet expectations, come back to the cross and empty tomb. What will you do with Easter now that Easter S...
They say that Jesus treading (stomping on) the lion and the snake means that he defeated satan via the cross. Satan is called both lion and snake. So Jesus stomped on him by getting crucified (killed on the cross) and resurrecting from death. They also say the NT books such as Matthew...
the utter heartache she dealt with as she and her son withered away to the point of death. Yet, amid this compilation of tragedy, we behold her, even at the expense of her last remaining strength, serve another. The lack of “self” is wholly incomprehensible. Recently, with great care,...
People this world is not our home, one day either in death or when he returns for His bride we will see him, all this hard will pass away in a moment in the twinkling of, an eye. What a day that will be, when my Jesus I shall see when I look upon His face the One who save...
What defeated Satan and all his dark powers? The physicaldeath of Jesus on the cross. And what did Jesus do when He died that day on the cross for all of us? He shed His Blood! This is why Pleading the Blood of Jesus works so well in real life combat situations when it really is...
Abraham Lincoln’s death, although tragic, wasn’t the result of an assassin’s bullet; instead it was the offspring of fully matured anger. Inward hatred had led to the deaths of both the 16th President of the United States of America....
If we can’t see in our mind’s eye what that would look like, to live into our new identity free from the power of sin and death, how can we ever hope to become like Christ? What are we aiming for if it’s not the image of Christ?
The use of Isaiah here suggests that the recognition of Jesus as God happened among faithful, Scripture-honoring Jews who saw in Jesus an incarnation of their God. Moreover, what is most stunning about Philippians 2:5-11 is that the death of Jesus, even a scandalous death on the cross, ...
- The cup of suffering – either from punishment or from persecution- is waiting for all of us. The first baptism of Jesus was by water. The second baptism of Jesus was by spirit. The last baptism of Jesus was suffering and death. - Mat 20:22 But Jesus