All for your consideration.
Here’s the beautiful thing about the true and living God: we never would have come up with the gospel. A god of our own creation would never humble us so severely as to die in our place. We don’t see our sin as all that bad, so we can’t imagine God as all that good. The good news is, Jesus sees us clearly.
In every way, Jesus lived out the beauty and integrity the law was meant to produce, revealing what true humanity looks like under God’s reign. So this Summer, as we study the Ten Commandments, recognize that we are putting our finger on the very pulse of our Savior’s heart. The law matters like a sunrise—we are invited to admire it, and to admire the God who reveals himself through it.
It’s no small thing that of all people, David calls himself a sheep. He recognizes something in his own heart—something that’s in the heart of every human—that’s mirrored by his flock: we all need to be led. If you can accept the fact that you are like a sheep, you can have the Lord as your shepherd. You shall not want. And the Lord finds his glory in restoring your soul.
Abundant life is found only in the person of Jesus Christ and having a personal relationship with him. And the most important thing we can to do reach abundant life in Jesus is encounter him in his word. So that’s what we’re going to do this week. We’re simply going to see Jesus in the gospels, we’ll walk with him through the most critical week of his life. That week starts with a donkey and palm branches and a crowd shouting “Hosannah.”
“We are the makers of our own gods—which, of course, is part of the absurdity of worshiping them.” – Christopher Wright, “Here Are Your Gods”
Jesus faced every fear you can imagine, and the greatest fear of all, death, so that you and I could be free from them forever. If you follow Jesus no matter what anybody else wants or thinks, God promises to remember your name—and no one, not even Pharoah, can thwart God’s promises.
When we recognize the goodness of the Master, we have good reason to delight in bearing the burden of the day—even in scorching heat—because His kingdom is worth our full labor.
You need to know that cynicism is deeply un-Christian. If you identify as a cynical person, you’re actually choosing an identity out of step with your faith, because the gospel of Jesus Christ forces us to reckon with our hopes. Jesus makes us admit that we really are hoping for something. And he promises us we’re hoping for something good.
None of us are good at waiting—and yet, waiting is an unavoidable part of living in this broken world. How does God equip us to wait for restoration?
Who added it? We’re not sure. When was it added? Probably some time in the second century. Why was it added? That’s a great question.
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