Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me (Psalm 41:9). Betrayal It’s a bitter, ugly word for a bitter, ugly deed. Perhaps the worst thing about betrayal is that, … Continue reading
The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt (Exodus 12:13). He was oppressed … Continue reading
“The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took … Continue reading
I offered my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking and spitting (Isaiah 50:6). They divide my garments among them and cast lots for … Continue reading
The Cleansing of the Temple …for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me (Psalm 69:9). Jesus entered the city and went up to the temple. It was Passover, the biggest … Continue reading
Note: I’m pausing Ephesians as we celebrate Holy Week. Not that every week isn’t holy, but you know what I mean. Palm Sunday The Triumphal Entry Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes … Continue reading
For he himself is our peace…(Ephesians 2:14) It isn’t so much that he brings peace or makes peace or counsels peace or helps you find peace or teaches peace…though he does all those things. He is peace. Now, that’s a … Continue reading
But now in Christ Jesus you who were once far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:13). What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus What can make me whole again? … Continue reading
Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (that done in the body by the hands of men)–remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded … Continue reading
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do (Ephesians 2:10). The steps are laid out. All you have to do is walk. If you follow God’s … Continue reading