Last time in our devotional series, “Created to Display His Image”, we talked about the mercy of God in the context of His holiness. In Christ, God has made a way for Image-bearers to be redeemed displaying love and mercy without sacrificing any of His holiness! In fact, that’s why He delays His Return. He’s […]
. This year’s Lent Devotional Series “Created to Display His Image” resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. Today, rest in the mindset of the Messiah.
I am uncomfortable with some of modern Christian music expressing the idea that God is running after us because He didn’t want heaven without us…as if there’s something special about the sought-after ones, something special about this flesh. I know they mean well, it’s just theologically hard for me to swallow. Here’s why: What if […]
As much as I hated the pop quizzes in seminary, always testing us on rather obscure specifics of Scripture in what had been our reading for the day, I must admit, it gave me a sense of awe about God’s inclusion of little details in Scripture and how their significance can be unrelated to their […]
It is entirely possible to see Jesus, walk with Jesus, learn from Jesus, and still not recognize Him and the Very Image of God He displays. Two men walking on the road to Emmaus learned that by experience, telling their conversation to Jesus, they said, Luke 24:21 We had hoped that he was the one […]
Yesterday, we saw that when Jesus returns, we will bear the Image of the heavenly man, Jesus Christ. But wait, there’s more! We don’t just get His Image; we also get to share in His glory. Let your thoughts rest on that for the moment. For now, our encounter with God has glory that reflects […]
There is something about God’s Image that hints at radiating or reflecting. Kind of like the moon reflects the light of the sun. When we display God’s Image, we radiate it back to Him, and He receives it as glory. Why do I say that? . Hebrews 1:3 “The Son is the radiance of God’s […]
. Colossians 1:15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in Him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 He is […]
. This year’s Lent Devotional Series “Created to Display His Image” resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. Today, reflect on His mercy.
. Seems kind of unfair, in a sense. Salvation is not passed from one generation to the next automatically, but the sin nature (our brokenness) is. What began with Adam and Eve has been our legacy because once something is broken, it is not restored to wholeness. Piece it together, patch it, glue it…it’s never […]
