This week I have been working on a sermon covering John 18 – Jesus betrayal. John tells of Peter pulling his sword and going for the head of Malcus – good thing he was a fisherman and not a swordsman – though I suppose Jesus could have healed a severed head! Immediately Jesus instructs Peter...
Month: February 2024
I Confess My Iniquity
In Psalm 38 David is experiencing guilt over his sin. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,nor discipline me in your wrath!For your arrows have sunk into me,and your hand has come down on me. There is no soundness in my fleshbecause of your indignation;there is no health in my bonesbecause of my sin.For...
The “One Another” Commands
Throughout the New Testament there are a particular class of commands that have been labeled the “one another” commands. These commands are to help Jesus followers relate to “one another” in life. In my opinion they all flow and expound from the “new commandment” that Jesus gives in John 13:34-35, the command to “love one...
Obedience Borne of Love – Milton Vincent
For the past couple of weeks I have been reading an excerpt from A Gospel Primer for Christians each morning. This past week I read this section that fits so well with 1 John 2:3-6 and the directive to “keep His commandments”. Milton Vincent writes: To love God with all my heart, soul, mind, and...
A Prayer As We Approach God’s Word
I have been working on fostering a deeper and more genuine relationship with Jesus, trying to cut through the pretense and hypocrisy that comes so easy to me. Recently I came across this helpful prayer: “O living Christ, make this a living word to me. Thy word is life, but not without the Holy Spirit....