God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
“Are you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) Mark 7:18-19 (NIV) Come on guys, Jesus says. How... Continue Reading →
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them.” Mark 7:14-15 (NIV) It was the great problem Jesus had with the people around him. People constantly... Continue Reading →
But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” Mark 2:10-11 (NIV) Every person alive along with all those who went before us has had to deal with their own... Continue Reading →
He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Matthew 28:6 (NIV)He has risen!Is there another statement that brings more hope and direction to our human race? Because of this fact, all our history, all our toils and all our sufferings have purpose. When the... Continue Reading →
Saying: ¨I have sinned when I betrayed righteous blood.¨ they said: ¨What is that to us? You must see to that?¨ Matthew 27:4 (Reference Bible) When Judas realized that he they had condemned Jesus to death he felt the weight of his betrayal. It is true that there had been considerable evil flowing through his... Continue Reading →
Here the Pharisees and Sadducees approached him and, to tempt him, they asked him to display to them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 (Reference Bible) Quite certainly we would be alone if we were to put forth the idea of reading of the Gospels by placing ourselves in the place of the Pharisees. Jesus... 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 →
Then that Immense Presence who is the Living God, looked right at me! There was God. He was surrounded by His infinitude and almighty power. He began creating universes, solar systems, stars and planets. Then He began to build this amazing plan of our existence. He created an environment for us of such design that... Continue Reading →
Searching For Christ 