The daily celebrations of life reveal for us what we honor with our life. A heightened mercy toward the world that causes us to question God in His righteous judgment reveals a wrong understanding of God, that He owes us but is not worthy to judge us. When we celebrate things that do not...
23-0409: Jesus wore a crown of thorns to reward all who believe in Him with His crown of victory. Resurrection Sunday is a day that causes Christ-followers to “look back” on all Jesus said (taught) and all that He did, and to consider in light of the resurrection. After one looks back, then we...
23-0305: Jesus stands sovereign over all creation to judge, but God guards His people for a faithful witness to all nations. Revelation 10-11 serve as an interlude before the seventh trumpet judgment to provide valuable information for what is coming. But most important, God prepares His people for what is coming but reminds us...
Scholar Robert Mounce reflects, “Nowhere will you find a more accurate picture of sinful humanity pressed to the extreme. One would think that the terrors of God’s wrath would bring rebels to their knees. Not so. Past the point of no return, they respond to greater punishment with increased rebellion. Such is sinful nature...
We need to understand God’s wrath and how He executes judgment. God’s wrath revealed is best understood as His mercy removed, where God gives people completely over to their own unrighteousness and wickedness. A right understanding of God’s wrath and judgment magnifies the great importance of God’s mercy to us. We must be sure...
23-0212: Jesus is the Lamb of God who is worthy of all worship because He was slain and yet He lives. Revelation 5 expands John’s Throne Room vision by drawing his attention back to the Throne where the One seated is holding a scroll. When the angels ask if anyone is worthy, no one...
The purest picture of God is best found at the closest proximity to His habitation....
23-0108: Jesus makes you a new creation to live by faith in His Kingdom under His Lordship for His glory now. At the start of a new year so much attention is given to working on “you”, but most of this pertains only to the physical realm. In 1 Timothy 4:8 Pauls states that...
Reputation makes it easy to construct a counterfeit identity where people hide their true self, and this is most easily done in relationship with God....
A church like Ephesus, highly committed to doctrinal diligence, was not only necessary to guard against, but one could argue, produced by the demand that arises from the false teachings and teachers that came so prolifically from a hyper-religious culture. No one sets out to abandon God’s love, but many wake up one day...