God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
While he was yet speaking, look! A bright cloud overshadowed them, and, look! A voice out of the cloud, saying: ¨This is my Son, the beloved, whom I have approved; listen to him.¨ Matthew 17:5 (Reference Bible) When Peter, James and John witnessed this phenomenon, they threw themselves face down on the ground in fear.... Continue Reading →
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone as the sun, and his outer garments became brilliant as the light. Matthew 17:2 (Reference Bible) One of the deadliest blows against the flock of Christ today is the removal of an attitude of wonder over spiritual things. With the great surplus of information, studies... Continue Reading →
Jesus began His ministry with the cry, ¨Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven Has drawn near¨. (See Matthew 4:17) Have you ever stopped to examine this short message that needed One to come from the Land of the Gods to proclaim it to us? We can consider two important concepts wrapped in this powerful... Continue Reading →
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. Matthew 2:12 (American Standard Bible) How completely wonderful it must be to be spoken to by the Divine in any form which He chooses to touch us personally. If God were to... Continue Reading →
We have all had tough times to get through where we wonder why this could be happening to us. Some may turn to the Lord for help or comfort while dealing with these painful times. Others try to cure their pain by reasoning it out somehow with their powers of mental capacity. But perhaps we... Continue Reading →
A very dear friend of the family just sent us word on his current situation of health. This person has been an inspiration to me towards spiritual growth all my life and has been to me like a second earthy father. He is not overly advanced in years but is suffering a terminal illness. His... Continue Reading →
There is an amazing thing that happens with the sacred scriptures. Words written to instruct or help a people in a certain time can and do have the power to speak in an equally important way to another people in a completely different situation and a different age. John uses the words that Isaiah had... Continue Reading →
Jesus said to her ¨Did I not tell you that if you believed you should see God´s glory? ¨ John 11:40 As usually the case Jesus exposes human propensity to bring all things down to our level and our understanding. We walk here on earth as if God and His kingdom do not exist. To... Continue Reading →
True to the usual way of Jesus, when He spoke, the words addressed a common situation. As we see continually throughout the Bible, men and women look with earthly eyes at the passing scenes and take always the physical and the common interpretations of those moments. However Jesus was constantly trying to tell us and... Continue Reading →
I found a passage from Luther´s Commentary on Galatians where on p.14. He was defending Jesus as very God and that it was correct and just that only God could make amends for the damages of sin. Here Luther goes so far as to point finger at those sects who still cling to the notion... Continue Reading →
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