“But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father is in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike” Matthew 5:44-45(NLT) LIGHT FORContinue reading "EMULATING GOD’S GIVING CHARACTER (1)"
NO MORE PROMISES
“For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us” - 2 Corinthians 1:20 LIGHT FOR NOW: The first approach to solving mysteries is knowledge. Jesus is the embodiment of the fulfillment of God’s promises, prophecies and plans to man. He is God’s positiveContinue reading "NO MORE PROMISES"
A CONSUMMATION OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and bowed his head, and gave up the ghost” - John 19:30 LIGHT FOR NOW: The true seed of Abraham was Christ and not Isaac. When Jesus said “It is finished”, it was just the beginning of His redemptive work. The word “ItContinue reading "A CONSUMMATION OF THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT"
CHRIST: THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD’S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM
“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith” - GalatiansContinue reading "CHRIST: THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD’S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM"
CHRIST IS THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD’S PROMISES
“According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue” 2 Peter 1:3. LIGHT FOR NOW: Christ is the fulfillment of all of God’s promises. Some Christians still have the Old Testament mentality of tryingContinue reading "CHRIST IS THE FULFILLMENT OF GOD’S PROMISES"
CHRIST: THE BASIS FOR LOVE AND GIVING
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. - John 3:17 LIGHT FOR NOW: Love lavishly and give bountifully! The death of Jesus is used as an example of giving and generosity. Christ died while we were yet good for nothing.Continue reading "CHRIST: THE BASIS FOR LOVE AND GIVING"
