He rebuked them, saying: “Yet I am among you as the One who serves” (Luke 22:27 NKJV). He who was above us took a position below us so He could be with us as one of us. That was the incarnation. “You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had....
on a first reading, to be an immoral demand by the Lord and an unconscionable acquiescence by a prophet. Christians, of course, read the story typologically: God required Abraham to sacrifice his son in anticipation of God’s own sacrifice of Jesus Christ. In Jewish thought, the Akedah has...
Completely, order our steps in Your Word King Jesus, please order our steps. Our desires are to act like someone who lives only for You. For we want to live for those things that are above. So that one day, eventually we will have enough treasures in heaven where You are. Amen and ...
Thus, when the apostle calls Jesus Christ a "foundation," and speaks of building upon this foundation "gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble," adding that "every man's work shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is;" and, fu...
And while they like to tell you “This is Simon Peter’s house” or “This is where Jesus healed whoever,” eventually you get to the synagogue, which is the ruins of a first century synagogue. The only synagogue in the village, it’s pretty clear that it’s the synagogue from John ...
Daniel had friends of the same faith, but he faced the lion’s den alone, received visions alone, and prayed alone. Paul ministered with companions but sometimes was alone. Jesus dealt with crowds of people yet sought His Father alone. ...
Jesus has spent the last 2,000 years proving himself to us – what more do we need? Every time we lack faith, we are saying to Jesus, “Prove it!” Following Thomas’ demonstration of doubt, Jesus told him, “Happy are those who have not seen and have believed.” That is the ...
Will Jesus get your attention? I truly believe that God has a place and an assignment for each and every one of us to perform. He is no respecter of person. What he has done for others, he will do for you! So, for goodness sake…don’t miss it when God calls your name…TWICE!
This conveys that Jesus was present from the beginning. Consider this statement: All things came into being through Him. Consider the numerous moments in the Old Testament where we see the angel of the Lord presenting Himself before various people, such as Adam or Moses. In Genesis 3, we fi...
worshiped idols, Paul says that when they became followers of Jesus, they turned away from the Greco-Roman pantheon. They went against the grain of their culture. Going against the grain of our culture and society can be very difficult. Are there ways that God calls us to go against our...