Tag: reformed
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“Behold Your Son! Behold Your Mother!”
All your loving and caring for and obedience to your mothers, fathers and other authorities would never be pleasing to God if you have no faith in the atoning work of Jesus for your sins. For as Hebrews 11:6 says, “without faith it is impossible to please him.â€
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Daily Lent Devotionals: March 14
Ever since lowly shepherds came to worship her newborn baby in Bethlehem, “Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.”
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Daily Lent Devotionals: March 13
“Yet she will be saved through childbearing.” So does this mean that all women who bear children are saved? Or that women must bear children to be saved?
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“Today You Will Be With Me in Paradise”
This is why God’s remembrance means divine blessing as he keeps his covenant promises to you. In joy and sorrow when we pray, God remembers his covenant with us. He remembers us from his throne in heaven, and he hears our prayers. And in the end, he will take us to God’s Paradise.
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“Father, Forgive Them”
In most Good Friday sermons, it is often preached that in this first saying, Christ is modeling forgiveness among the brethren in the church. But is this what Christ meant when he prayed this first word while he hung on the cross?
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“Seven Last Words” Sermon Series
Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors. ~ Isaiah 53:12
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Why Does Your Pastor Monopolize Your Worship Service?
“A shoemaker, a smith, a farmer, each has his manual occupation and work; and yet, at the same time, all are eligible to act as priests…. Every one of them in his occupation or handicraft ought to be useful to his fellows… ” ~ Martin Luther
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“A Dry Tree Made New in the Water of Baptism”
Just as the eunuch could look to the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53, so we too may look up to Jesus, and on the basis of what He has done in our place, we too may come before the Father holy and undefiled; we too may take our seat among the assembly of the LORD.…
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“Good News in the Year of the Lord’s Favor”
When Christ first came preaching good news, he inaugurated “the year of the Lord’s favor.” When will this “year” end? When he returns from heaven to usher in the eternal Sabbath rest, the eternal jubilee of rest.
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“The Glory of the Lord has Risen Upon You”
In the midst of our difficult pilgrimage in this present darkness, look expectantly to the brightness of the coming Light of the world, Christ who will bring everlasting righteousness, justice, peace, and glory to all believers who persevere with rejoicing in the faith to the end.