How shall we then live. These post relate to living the Christian life for all it’s worth.
The third quote the writer uses to show us how Jesus identifies with us comes from Isaiah 8:18. "BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME." - Hebrews 2:13 Here’s the original: Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD [...]
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. - Hebrews 2:10 Jesus, the uncreated Son of God, existing through all eternity past, walked through life as a man in sinless perfection. [...]
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? - Hebrews 2:3 Let's go a bit deeper into this "so great salvation." Friday, in my post “Bread” we talked about the truth of God dwelling in the believer. What implications can we draw from this concept of God on the inside? It gets [...]
how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? - Hebrews 2:3 A couple weeks back, in the post, Sitting Savior, we took a quick look at what Jesus accomplished before He sat down at the right hand of the Father. Today, I want to press into one aspect of the New Covenant that [...]
The gospel of Jesus Christ is offered freely to any who come to Him. …that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; - Romans 10:9 But as a gift, though offered to all comers, it’s not received [...]
Hebrews teems with promises and encouragements, wonderful reminders and strong theology. But it also holds a number of stern warnings. With the promises, it delivers consequences that need to be reckoned with. When taken as a whole, the book disrupts any leanings we have toward universalism and even shines the spotlight on eternal security for [...]
If you are in Christ, you are in a war! Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. - 1 Peter 2:11 NASB Traditionally we see the enemies of our soul as the world the flesh and the devil. These three powers and their [...]
The year was 1987. I was careening toward my 30th Birthday. We had a dear friend, Linda, who was living with us at the time, helping us as a nanny for my baby daughter Jessica. Linda knew all the Christian rock bands and music of the era. She put together a mixtape (hee hee - [...]
Today we get a good dose of theology from this simple quote and how the writer applies it. Actually, verse 8 and 9 are one quote from Psalm 45, but we’re going to do some picking around and about them. This is more than enough for today. But of the Son He says, "YOUR THRONE, [...]
What do we know about angels? There’s a lot out there about angels. Some of it is cut from whole cloth. Some of it is awesome and helpful. We know they are major players in the story of man, and as such they show up throughout the Old and New Testaments liberally. Three verses in [...]