Col 1:12-14. Forgiveness is the release from a debt, as if you never owed that debt. Redemption is the price that was paid, so that we could be freed from that debt. So what was the price that was paid for our redemption? ah, the precious blood of the lamb! May our hearts glow in […]
1 Sam 14:24-52. The Bible uses honey as an analogy of the Word of God. Just as Jonathan was physically quickened by eating the honey in the wood, we are need to be spiritually quickened by the living Word of grace.
Isaiah 55:7-9. The natural man struggles to truly comprehend the GRACE of God. It is so foreign to how we naturally think. Man puts conditions on God’s love, limits on God’s mercy and makes grace something that is deserved or earned. Many Christians live as “hired servants” rather than sons living in the power and […]
Luke 22:54-62. After being broken through personal failure and then graciously restored by grace, Peter is able to strengthen the brethren, stir up the saints and feed the sheep. God never condones failure, but He certainly uses it in our lives to grow and mature.
Luke 18:31-43. The physical healing of blind Bartimaeus, serves as a powerful parallel to how we used to walk in darkness, but now are walking in the light. Jesus has opened our eyes and now we are followers of the living God!
