Matthew 26:59-61 Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death. 60 But even though they found many who agreed to give false witness, they could not use anyone’s testimony. Finally, two men came forward 61 who declared, …
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Self-sacrificing stars
Dan 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Daniel compares believers in the end-times to stars, shining brightly in the very dark world which will then surround them. Paul and Timothy do the same in …
When love rebukes
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn’t let me. We encounter a side of Jesus here in Matthew 23 that does not fit well into …
Adam, where are you?
Gen 3:9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” As parents, we are often confronted with children who have transgressed in some way or other. And I use the word transgress deliberately, as it conveys the meaning that they knew the rules, and yet decided to disobey. Our reaction normally …
When Abraham sinned
Gen 2:20 Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, “She is my sister.” So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace. The background to this sorry state of affairs is that Abraham had just interceded for his nephew Lot and his family to be saved from …
Return
Malachi 3:7 …..Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD Almighty…. I am placing an extract of a letter from Steve Porter today, because it so lovingly describes the circumstances many of us are facing at the moment: Spiritual apathy rarely announces itself. It slips in quietly, as life grows full. …
Faith promptings
2 Thess 1:11 So we keep on praying for you, asking our God to enable you to live a life worthy of his call. May he give you the power to accomplish all the good things your faith prompts you to do. Let us explore all that Paul is saying here. The first area that …
We are living this prophecy
John 16:3 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. It was the year 1973. I vividly remember sitting in our enclosed veranda, tapping away on my father’s …
Ungodly church goers
Jude 1:4 For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. Do you find this as shocking as I do? That it is possible for …
The Power of God
1 Cor 16:14 And God will raise us from the dead by his power, just as he raised our Lord from the dead. The Shroud of Turin is an ancient piece of grave cloth with markings on it that resemble the body of a man that has been crucified and then wrapped up in it …