Ezekiel 3:1 “The voice said to me, “Son of man eat what I am giving you—eat this scroll! Then go and give its message to the people of Israel.” Israel is in exile and while there a vision comes to Ezekiel; it is a call from God to deliver a message to His people. As [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Revelation 1:5b “All glory to Him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by shedding his blood for us.” Jesus is the one that has freed us from sin. Through His shedding of blood in our place He has taken care of the penalty of sin that kept us separated from God [...]
3 John 11 “Dear Friend, don’t let this bad example influence you. Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God.” As John writes it is apparent that there are those in and around Gaius’ [...]
John 21:3 “Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing.” This scripture has completely taken hold of me this morning. Here are the disciples and it seems as if things haven’t panned out. They had pledged their allegiance to Jesus [...]
John 21:3 “Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing.” This scripture has completely taken hold of me this morning. Here are the disciples and it seems as if things haven’t panned out. They had pledged their allegiance to Jesus [...]
John 15:8 “When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.” Jesus uses this analogy of a vine and branches to discuss the nature of discipleship to those that are listening. In this verse Jesus makes it very clear that a disciple is someone that produces fruit. [...]
Compelling Jesus to act: "Prayer that desire to bring glory to the Father"
Posted: August 12, 2008 in FaithJohn 14:13-14 “You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.” Throughout this chapter Jesus is talking about His relationship with the Father. There is the obvious claim [...]
John 9:3 “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins, Jesus answered, “this happened so the power of God could be seen in him.” The thought that immediately comes to mind is “why do bad things happen to good people.” This kid was born blind, he’s always been blind and it seems [...]
Speaking Truth about the world: "Receiving the faithful response from evil"
Posted: August 5, 2008 in Faith, JusticeJohn 7:7 “the world can’t hate you but it does hate me because I accuse it of doing evil.” As I read this verse this morning two things are coming to mind. The first is that Jesus is telling his audience that they are not making any accusations of the world. They are either sitting [...]
John 5:39-40 “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.” There are a couple of things that strike me about this verse today. The first is the issue of eternal life. Jesus talks of [...]
