Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:10 Welcome to following Jesus, now die! What a crazy way to climax this amazing set of character builders. Just for fun, did you notice that we have had seven Beatitudes to this point? Seven is God’s perfect [...]
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; - John 10:27 Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. - 2 Corinthians 5:17 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly [...]
…O fairest among women... (Song of Songs 1:8 NKJV) He speaks! Verse 8 contains the Shepherd’s first words in the Song. And look at how He addresses our damsel in distress. Fairest of them all! With all our girl is stressing over: Her conflict of inner and outer cleanliness The abuse of her mother’s sons [...]
If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock, And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. - Song of Songs 1:8 Now our girl has suffered some abuse and some frustration at the hand of her mother’s sons. Her heart cries out [...]
…they will be called the sons of God. Matthew 5:9 OK – now that is a big promise! Peacemakers will be called the sons of God. Interesting since the one and only begotten Son of God carries the title Prince of Peace. This promise raises a couple of questions for me. First, who is doing [...]
Today our “Wait, did He really say that” moment comes from John 16:15. "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose [it] to you. - John 16:15 Read that again… "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes [...]
Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? - Song of Songs 1:7 When we left our girl she was distressed about the state of her vineyard – her own spiritual walk. She was spent and missing the intimacy she [...]
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. - Matthew 5:9 Not “Blessed are the Peace lovers.” Not “Blessed are the Peacekeepers.” The word is “Peacemaker.” This word, “Peacemaker” interests me. It only appears once in all of the Greek New Testament. It comes from (you guessed it) two Greek root [...]
They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. - Song of Songs 1:6 We have arrived at the third of three disasters that have presented themselves in quick succession to our Maiden. Keep in mind – our paradigm is that the Maiden is an individual, passionate, [...]
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. ~ Matthew 5:9 Peacemaker? What peace is Jesus referring to? Is it simply tranquility, or the cessation of hostility? Is it some sort of détente like we had with the former USSR when they could no longer afford to maintain a cold war? [...]