What will happen when God pours out His Spirit on His people? Will He show Himself wise? Powerful? Loving? Probably so. But that’s not what God highlights in Ezekiel’s prophecy. The characteristic God will display through His people for all to see is His holiness. “I will show Myself holy through them in the sightContinue reading “It’s Friday…Only Chance At Seeing God”
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It’s Friday…It Wasn’t A Hard Decision
It’s Good Friday, the day the ultimate sacrifice was made for the sin of mankind. Jesus Christ was crucified for you and me. And it was The Lord’s will to crush the Messiah. Not only was it His will, but the real sense of the Hebrew expression is, God took pleasure in Messiah’s suffering. WeContinue reading “It’s Friday…It Wasn’t A Hard Decision”
It’s Friday…Looks Can Be Deceiving
We’re hours away from Passion Week. A week when the humility of Jesus – our Savior – will forever be on display, and for everyone to never forget. “He will not judge by what He sees with His eyes, or decide by what He hears with His ears.” That’s what we’re told about The MessiahContinue reading “It’s Friday…Looks Can Be Deceiving”
It’s Friday…He Promises Restoration
God is The Source of all life. He breathed life into Adam on day six of creation, and He sustains life every minute of every day. Whatever God touches flourishes. The Living One is never the author of death. Sin is the source of all death. It isn’t that God decides to kill those whoContinue reading “It’s Friday…He Promises Restoration”
It’s Friday…The Divine Scapegoat
During this sacred season we are reminded in Scripture of the great sacrifice God provided to save the world. In the Old Testament, God gave the Israelites a ritual in Leviticus 16 that would symbolize His salvation. The priest would select scapegoat, impart all the sins of the nation onto the goat, and drive theContinue reading “It’s Friday…The Divine Scapegoat”
It’s Friday…But There’s More
Keeping the faith, thriving in our relationship with God is constantly being threatened by distractions to compromise. The people of Israel knew this battle well. As God’s chosen people, they allowed their faith to be watered down. Many had turned to idols; others had simply turned to a lifestyle of apathy. And for that, theyContinue reading “It’s Friday…But There’s More”
It’s Friday…Compassion is Yours
God loves to save! He really does. And yes, there seems to be tension in Scripture between what we deserve and what God gives. On one end of the spectrum, there’s an overwhelming sense of judgment from crimes against the holiness of God. On the other end of the spectrum, there is an overwhelming senseContinue reading “It’s Friday…Compassion is Yours”
It’s Friday…A Holy Hostility
Fat Tuesday has passed. Ash Wednesday – for many marked another season of self-discipline and restraint against sin. But sinning against who? The “god” of popular mythology is so loving and compassionate that he (sometimes “she”) never rebukes anyone for sin. In fact, there is very little, if anything, he might even consider “sin.” He’sContinue reading “It’s Friday…A Holy Hostility”
It’s Friday…Time To Get Dressed
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Love is in the air, as they say. And is there any more emotionally satisfying portrait than a bride beautifully dressed for her groom? The gorgeous bride, dressed in splendor, radiantly smiling; and the groom, thrilled beyond description, his heart nearly leaping out of his chest with delight. It’sContinue reading “It’s Friday…Time To Get Dressed”
It’s Friday…Out of Balance
“It’s a conspiracy.” That was the assessment of a paranoid priest warning a corrupt king of a prophet’s declaration of God’s plans for Israel. When the prophet Amos told the Truth of God, he was considered a troublemaker, a disturber of the national peace, a mudslinger void of constructive criticism. (Things haven’t changed much, haveContinue reading “It’s Friday…Out of Balance”
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