We can now realise the scene, and understand the mutual relations. The existing communities, the religious tendencies, the spirit of the age, assuredly offered no point of attachment – only absolute and essential contrariety to the kingdom of heaven. The “preparer of the way” could appeal to neither of them; his voice only cried “In… Read more »
Posts By: Les
God wins – but He values our commitment and prayers!
There are numerous tensions in Scripture; apparent contradictions which contain great truth and provide inspiration and motivation for the followers of Jesus Christ. Two quotations from Revelation highlight this: They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?” Then each of them was… Read more »
Take off those grave clothes
As Lazarus comes out of the grave, Jesus instructed those present to ‘take off the grave clothes and let him go’ (John 11.44). Grave clothes were proper to death, to lying in a grave. Lazarus was now raised from dead – he had to put off those grave clothes. Leviticus 18-19 provide a list of… Read more »