Isaiah 29:13-14, “Because this people draw near with their mouth…while their hearts are far from me…therefore, behold, I will again do wonderful things with this people, with wonder up wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish.” YHWH’s response to the distant hearts of His people is to do “wonder upon wonder” […]
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Malachi 4:2, “…the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.” Luke 1:78-79, “…the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace.”
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Colossians 1:28, “HIM we proclaim…” Jesus Christ–crucified and risen–is the centerpiece of all true preaching.
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.
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, “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.
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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Philippians 2:10, “every tongue [will] confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” No matter what.
Psalm 80:3, “Let your face shine, that we may be saved!” Isaiah 52:14, “His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human..” Hallowed be His name.
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2 Corinthians 3:18, “We all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image…”
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Romans 5:8, “…God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” We are loved at our worst.
John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
Psalm 75:1, “We give thanks, for your Name is near…” Did Asaph know how near God’s Name would be? John 1:14
Luke 10:16,”Whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.” Infinitely weighty rejection
John 16:14, “He will glorify me…” A true work of the Spirit will—first and foremost—glorify the Biblical Jesus Christ
John 12:32, “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” The exalted Christ = spiritual gravity
John 3:19, “…people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.”
Exodus 33:13, “…show me now your ways, that I may know you…” God’s acts in history reveal His heart from eternity.
John 1:29,”Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.” John saw in Bethany who Moses heard on Sinai
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