humanity as God intended it. He is no abstract ideal but the reality itself. What is true of Jesus is not true of any of the rest of humankind—in us the divine image has been lost, washed out, and faded. But the promise and message of the Son of Man is that humanity...
Interestingly, when I checked the newer translations (NIV, NLT, NLV), the word “saint” was absent. The exact Greek and Hebrew words are available, but “saint” is often replaced with a phrase like “holy one of the Lord.” This would seem to be in line with the aura of a saint....
“But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. – Mark ...
In the sermon on the mount, the Saviour says: "Whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also" (Matt.5:39); but the preceding context gives thescopeof this and the other particular precepts that follow, which is that Christ's followers should "resist not ev...
and takes away the encouragement of Paul to “comfort one another with these words” which is found after the description of the coming of Christ and the dead rising first and then is being caught up to meet Him in the air…(1 Thessalonians 4: 16-18). It would also negate “the ...
Oh, my intentions may be good, and of course, I want everyone to like me.That desire should be an alarm for those like minded!I just want to be nice to those I meet, and try to make everyone happy. Again, to be nice is not a command for believers in the Lord. Consider a short...
In compassion He gives me His peace in the silence. Gems of joy, whispered hope, Shown in His love and grace Consoling in the silence… He kisses away my tears. © Chrissy Siggee Archived in: Christian Reads Archived in: Just HAIKU ...
11The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. Read ChapterAll Versions Psalms 30:2 2LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me. Read ChapterAll Versions Psalms 34:8 8Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who take...
You need not see anything else, nothing else is worth seeing; but behold Him. See how He takes your guilt, see how he bears it, see how He sinks under it, and yet rises from it, crying, "It is finished." He gives up the ghost, He is buried, He rises again from the dead beca...
for he has not yet acquired the power of the Spirit that drives away that delusion which takes soul-profiting recollections captive and makes a man cold through the distraction of his intellect. When the power of the Spirit has penetrated the [noetic] powers of the active soul, then in pla...