Jesus is not a god that we can manipulate and mold. Christ is the true God, the one who is.
The most sober lesson we can learn from life’s caves is that all we have is a Person, one who never withers or distances himself from us, even though we are weak and languishing.
Yahweh tells his people that they “shall have no other gods before me,” he’s speaking into a culture whose very fabric is made up of the worship of other gods.

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God is in control of history and He can even use evil and evil ones to accomplish His purposes.
We don’t just need someone to bear our guilt and die for us. We also need someone to defeat all of the forces of sin and darkness and anxiety and depression that overwhelm us.
Who wants to be Ezekiel?” Any volunteers? Being a prophet of the LORD most high does not always come with a great job description!
This is an excerpt from “With My Own Eyes” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2017).
Jeremiah is saying, “LORD I am doing my job, why are You NOT doing Yours?”
I will continue to cling to the only hope I’ve ever truly had: that Jesus is my Lord and yours.
Isaiah first reminds the people of who they are and then tells them why they are who they are; to bring the teachings and promises of the LORD to all people.
The scandal of this text for the Jewish people is the inclusion of all nations and peoples into the Holy House of the LORD.
He will plead guilty on our behalf, and suffer the death sentence in our place.
It is important to see how the LORD does NOT answer the questions Job and his friends have been wrestling with.
This food, already purchased and freely given in our pericope, is a foretaste of the feast to come as well; the marriage feast of the Lamb in His Kingdom which has no end.
He is our gold. He is our pure garment. He is our healing. He is our sanity. He is our wholeness.