We see it so often on placards at the end zones of football games and on street corners with urban preachers: John 3:16. It’s become like a slogan, almost losing its impact from such common use. The Word of God is not a slogan and John 3:16 is not at all trite. It’s not simplistic […]
The final week of our Lent Devotional Series “Seeing His Love with New Eyes” resumes tomorrow after today’s Palm Sunday Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. Today, reflect on the majesty of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is eternally Love and He is forever King of our hearts.
Yesterday, we said that this Judgment at the Great White Throne is a tale of two books and two outcomes. The redeemed will look upon Jesus who is seated for judgment upon mankind and they will be filled with inexpressible joy, infinite love, and gratitude for His mercy and grace at their being included in […]
Recorded in the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John had a vision of the Final Judgment, what is sometimes called the Great White Throne Judgment. It can be divided by two books: The book of deeds and the Book of Life. Revelation 20:11 Then I saw a Great White Throne and Him who was seated […]
It’s easy to see the Image of God that He placed in us is of tremendous worth by this undeniable fact: God sacrificed all to save it. He did that in Jesus Christ and His shed blood. But that wasn’t the first sacrifice, in a sense; it simply confirmed it. The first sacrifice was God’s […]
God is with us in both suffering and joy. He feels our circumstances deeply. Matthew 25:31 “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from […]
A God who judges justly would be a deathly dangerous combination (all-powerful God, all wise and knowing even what’s hidden in our hearts, and perfectly just in His judgments) were it not for grace. Grace is available to all but accepted by only a few. Therefore, the deathly dangerous combination will still exist for many. […]
Yes, God could condemn us, and yes, He knows all about us, but He chooses to love anyway. It’s the nature of love to feel deeply, and God’s Image is so important to Him that He went to the most extreme lengths to rescue it. He sent Jesus. For us, as Image-bearers, it is the […]
This year’s Lent Devotional Series “Seeing His Love with New Eyes” resumes tomorrow after today’s Sabbath rest to meditate and worship. Today, reflect on the great mercy of God shown in His love for us!
God may be angry at sin, but He is Love and desires every human to be saved if only they’ll willingly cross over from death to life. He has done everything necessary for us to freely make that journey of faith. If God’s pure and selfless love is itself pure life, but sin’s selfishness leads […]
