“Now my soul is troubled. What should I say- Father, save me from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” John 12:27-28 CSB This is …
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Fear God, but don’t be terrified of Him
But I will show you the one to fear: Fear him who has authority to throw people into hell after death. Yes, I say to you, this is the one to fear!… There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear because fear involves punishment. So the …
Read More »What’s the Purpose of Affliction?
God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; he opens their ears by their distress. Job 36:15 CSB and Hebrew Interlinear To nail down one single purpose of affliction that an all-wise, all-powerful God uses to bring about His Sovereign will may be a bit futile. But we do catch, …
Read More »Why is there Evil?
And what if God, wanting to display his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath prepared for destruction? And what if he did this to make known the riches of his glory on objects of mercy that he prepared beforehand for glory…? Romans …
Read More »Do You Have Eyes and Not See, Ears and Not Hear?
The disciples had forgotten to take bread and had only one loaf with them in the boat. Then he gave them strict orders: “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” They were discussing among themselves that they did not have any bread. Aware …
Read More »We are in War.
Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. Put on the full armor of God so that you can stand against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of this world, against the authorities, against the …
Read More »Who is God? Part 6: The Trinity- One God, Three Parts
“… and a voice from the cloud said: “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him!… I and the Father are one… I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever. He is the Spirit of truth…” …
Read More »Who is God Part 5: Why did God come to us?
Remember, in order to see God, we have to see Jesus– when we see God, we see Jesus (John 8:30-59). That’s not Dr. Seuss and not just repeating the same thing, reread it. It’s Biblical and extremely important. Jesus is the exact imprint of God (Colossians 1:15-17, Hebrews 1:3). We …
Read More »Who is God Part 4: Jesus
I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will also know my Father. From now on you do know him and have seen him. John 14:6-7 CSB This concept of YAHWEH is not foreign in …
Read More »Who is God? Part 3: The Power and Wisdom of God
When we’re talking about who God is, His name is His essence, meaning, His name defines Him. We saw that with the name YAHWEH: His name is a verb, a causing something to happen (causing Himself to be, actually). Now we need to talk about the power of God. There …
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