Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. – Mark 3:7-8 (NIV) Jesus was oftentimes called the Master. The Master [...]
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Ministered by the Master
Posted in healing, Jesus, messiah, ministry on March 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Perfection Personified
Posted in assurance, deliverance, forgiveness, Jesus, messiah, prophecy, sacrifice, salvation on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The angel then assured her that she had found favour with God, and would become the mother of a son whose name she should call Jesus, the Son of the Highest, one in a nature and perfection with the Lord God. – Matthew Henry’s Commentary (Luke 1:26-38) Jesus Christ is the personification of perfection. Jesus [...]
Do Right or Be Righteous?
Posted in choices, instruction, Jesus on October 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you. – Proverbs 25:21-20 (ESV) 27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to [...]
A New Image in Christ
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, salvation, tagged change, Christ, discipleship, Jesus, salvation on August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! – 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Most of us Christians have an image problem. We don’t live in the true image of what we have been called to be in Christ. We get dressed up for [...]
Excellence Exemplified
Posted in Christianity, church, Jesus, tagged Christ, church, Jesus, redemption, sacrifice, salvation on July 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. 16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold [...]
John’s Perspective on Jesus
Posted in Bible, gospel, Jesus, messiah, tagged Bible, Jesus, theology, Word on May 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.- John 1:3-4 (NIV) 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and [...]
Taught in Prayer
Posted in Bible, discipleship, instruction, Jesus, prayer on May 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We find, accordingly, that prayer was a subject on which Jesus often spoke in the hearing of His disciples. – A.B. Bruce, The Training of the Twelve Jesus taught His disciples in prayer. He demonstrated how to pray in what we have come to commonly call “The Lord’s Prayer” or “The Model Prayer.” In the [...]
The Message of the Messiah
Posted in gospel, Jesus, kingdom; salvation;, messiah, prophecy, Psalms, redemption on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.” – 1 Corinthians 5:7 The message of the Messiah comes from Old Testament prophecies. The biblical books of Joel and Micah contain messianic prophecies. Psalm 22 is a messianic psalm. The prophecies of the Old Testament are fulfilled through the promised deliverer born in Bethlehem, the city of [...]
Dealing with Betrayal
Posted in Christian, evil, faith, Jesus, leadership, mission, service, suffering, wicked, tagged Calvary, Christ, discipleship, gospel, heart, love, ministry, relationship on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Betrayal is part of it. How you deal with betrayal makes all the difference in the world as you walk with Christ. Put the old you away and walk in the newness that Christ offers.
Revelations in Revelation-Part 1
Posted in expectations, Jesus, prophecy, sacrifice, salvation, truth, tagged Bible, blessing, blood, Christ, Jesus, relationship, sacrifice, salvation, Word on January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Revelations in Revelation-Part 1 (The Alpha and the Omega) The title of the final book of the Bible has a revealing title: The Revelation of Jesus Christ or The Revelation to John. It varies from on Bible translation to another but each, no matter who published or printed the particular Bible, has the same opening [...]
