Acts 4:12
Acts 4:12, “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Galatians 5:6
Galatians 5:6, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.”
Galatians 3:1
Galatians 3:1, “It was before your own eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.” By grace-given faith, may the unbelieving world see and receive their Lord and God in Christ Crucified and risen.
Mathew 5:44 + Romans 5:10
Matthew 5:44, “But I say to you, ‘Love your enemies’…that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven…” Romans 5:10, “…while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son…”
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Isaiah 63:3,7
Isaiah 63:3,7, “‘I trod them in my anger and trampled them in my wrath; their lifeblood spattered on my garments…’ I will recount the steadfast love of YHWH…” The feet that absorbed wrath in love will, in love, carry out wrath.
Psalm 42:5-6
Psalm 42:5-6, “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.” Our blood-bought hope is that we will praise Him again.
Psalm 86:16
Psalm 88:16, “Your wrath has swept over me; your dreadful assaults destroy me.” The cross mercifully declares to all of humanity that wrath is real.
Galatians 5:16
Galatians 5:16, “But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” May we slaughter sin through a superior and Spirit-born desire for the things of God in Christ.
Isaiah 64:1-2
Isaiah 64:1-2, “Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence…to make your name known to your adversaries…”
Psalm 86:8
Psalm 86:8, “There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.” And the work that most definitively declares Him to be the One and Only True God was performed on Golgotha.
Love Explored – Part 3: Love Gives God
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world
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Love Explored – Part 2
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the
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Zephaniah 3:14-15 + John 19:3
Zephaniah 3:14-15 “Rejoice…YHWH has taken away the judgments against you…The King of Israel, YHWH, is in your midst; you shall never again fear evil.” The Greek word in this image is the word translated “Rejoice!” in Zephaniah 3. It’s significant because this same word–as well as “king of Israel/Jews” –is used both in Zephaniah and
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1 John 4:6
1 John 4:6″Whoever knows God listens to us…” If we know God we will submissively listen to His inspired, written word
2 Corinthians 5:14
2 Corinthians 5:14, “For the love of Christ controls us…” A Christian is molded by Love into the shape of Love.
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Psalm 136:12
Psalm 136:12, “…with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his steadfast love endures forever.”
Love Explored – Part 1
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world
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1 John 4:9
1 John 4:9, “In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world…”
