For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Prince of PeaceJesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” (John 2:19) Jesus was outraged. His Father’s house was being abused and his anger consumed him. He cleansed this place by removing the cancerous elements. Yet his words to the Jews were astounding – no wonder the audience were perplexed. […]
Read More Jesus Is … The TempleTherefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. (Hebrews 2:17) We could not approach God. We needed a representative, someone through whom our obligations could be […]
Read More Jesus Is … The High PriestThe next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29) Centuries earlier a son asked his father where was the lamb for the sacrifice. The father said that God Himself would provide the Lamb. This was the moment when […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Lamb Of GodI am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:14, 15) Jesus knows His own and His own knows Him. That level of relationship goes beyond rituals and formalities and […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Good ShepherdI am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. (John 10:9) ‘When one door shuts, another opens’. So often those pursuing places of peace try so many doors that only end in brick walls. Doors of legalism or doors of liberalism both […]
Read More Jesus Is … The DoorYou what? If he dies he will live? If he lives, he will never die? What’s that all about? What does that mean? How can that be? What kind of mumbo-jumbo is that? Not only that – but to say He is that – as in He embodies returning and never-perishing life – how can […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Resurrection and the LifeThe Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath. (Mark 2:27, 28) Miscommunication is not difficult. Something can be said and before too long its original meaning can be completely lost. When the Pharisees picked on Jesus’ disciples for corn picking on […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Lord Of The SabbathFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. (Mark 10:45) God’s history of turning the underdog into the big dog is etched across the Old Testament, highlighted in the rise of David. One moment a shepherd boy in the […]
Read More Jesus Is … The Son Of ManNow Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:30, 31) What an amazing claim […]
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