The Nature of Justice
Biblical Justice (2) “You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may live and inherit the land which the LORD your God is giving you.” Deuteronomy […]
Come, Lord Jesus!
“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven” (1 Thess. 4:16, NKJV) In order to ease a patient’s anxiety, sometimes a surgeon will not only state what he intends to accomplish by a medical procedure, he will take care to explain the steps by which he will accomplish it. Evidently, in his pastoral approach to […]
Christ Ascended
Ephesians 4.1-10 (5)Pray Psalm 110.1, 2.The LORD said to my Lord,“Sit at My right hand,Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.”The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion.Rule in the midst of Your enemies! Sing Psalm 110.1, 2.(Aurelia: The Church’s One Foundation)“Sit by Me at My right hand,” the LORD says to my Lord,“until I make […]
Forever Stand
Knowing Jesus involves entering into His sufferings. He has called all who know Him to take up their cross and die to themselves. Are we up for that? Our readings are from the book, To Know Him. Here is a brief excerpt from page 22: Thus, what is it to know this Jesus? Isit not what every […]
Connection
Acts 9:31–43 (ESV) So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied. Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints […]