Category: Kingdom

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The Chief Guest

[Read and meditate on Revelation 3:14-22]

“If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and them with me.”  (Revelation 3:20)

We are seeing that we are inescapably social beings. Whenever we try to live on a ‘they-I’ basis we live outside the basic laws of our being. We are made to relate not only to God but also to others. ‘It is not good for man to be alone’, said God in Genesis 2:18. Genesis 1:27 tells us, ‘So God created man in his image … male and female he created them’. Created in God’s image humanity is called to reflect that image through ‘male and female’. Some believe this refers to the institution of marriage, but it refers also to the larger issue that within the God-given joy of being unique individuals we can know what it is to be a true human only in relation to others. Our relationship with our fellow human beings as well as with God have helped to make us who we are. Those who do not feel they belong have no clear sense of identity. Continue reading “The Chief Guest”

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On God’s side

Abraham Lincoln famously said, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side.”

Right after the American Civil War, the most brutal and divisive war in American history, the winning side was clearly tempted to triumphalism. But Lincoln felt the shame of the horrible conflict, the sin on all sides, and the need for humble repentance if there was ever to be reconciliation and unity again. Continue reading “On God’s side”

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JESUS COULD NOT HEAL THE SICK

Neither could He deliver the tormented from demons or raise the dead. To believe otherwise is to ignore what He said about Himself, and more importantly, to miss the purpose of His self-imposed restriction to live as a man.

Jesus Christ said of Himself, “The Son can do nothing” (John 5:19). In the Greek language that word nothing has a unique meaning—it means nothing, just like it does in English! He was not God with skin on – He was not born with supernatural capabilities whatsoever! While He is 100 percent God, He chose to live with the same limitations that man would face once he was redeemed.  Continue reading “JESUS COULD NOT HEAL THE SICK”