Pure and Clean: Every Word of God. “Every word God speaks is sure and every promise is pure. His truth is tested, found to be flawless, and ever faithful. It’s as pure as silver refined 7 times.” (Psalm 12:6). Seven (7): The Biblical number that represents perfection, completeness, wholeness, fulfillment, finished. In Psalm 12 above, David is pointing …
Pure and Clean: The Cleansing Effects of the Word. “Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. You are already …
Pure and Clean: Seeing God in Purity of Heart. “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” (Matthew 5:8). You will cheer with delight when your innermost being is cleaned of mixed motives and impure thoughts. Congratulations! Your clean inner reservoir of natural instincts will now more clearly reflect a pure image of …
Eyes Wide Open: Fly Like an Eagle. “Does the eagle mount up and take flight at your command, or build its nest in the towering heights? On jutting cliffs it lives and keeps the night; on rocky crags it builds its mountain stronghold. From there it spies its prey; the eagle’s keen eyes discover its …
Eyes Wide Open: The Good Samaritan. “At the Last Judgment, it is our eyes that will be judged first. For in Matt. 25:44, the accused reply, ‘When did we see you hungry or thirsty or naked or sick?’ The first commandment of brotherly love is eye control.” (Rev. Helmut Thielicke). Head on a Swivel. “Cmon, Larson, …
6. Eyes Wide Open: Following Jesus After Blindness. “All at once, the man’s eyes opened and he could see, and he began at once to follow Jesus, walking down the road with Him.” (Mark 10:46-52). Unimaginable. The healing of blindness was considered the one impossible miracle, the most spectacular type of healing imaginable, up to actually raising a …
Eyes Wide Open: The Shining Light of the Good Eye. “The eye is the lamp of the body. So if you have a ‘good eye’ your whole body will be full of light; but if you have an ‘evil eye’ your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is …
Eyes Wide Open: Seeing with Mind of Christ. “Who is able to understand the mind of Lord Yahweh? Who is able to be His teacher? We, however, have the mind of Christ!” (1 Corinthians 2:16). “We have…” (Greek, “echomen”), which means ‘are having,’ ‘are keeping,’ or ‘are holding;’ to have and to keep on having; an …
Eyes Wide Open: God the Son Who Sees. “Thereafter, Hagar used another name to refer to Yahweh, who had spoken to her… El-Roi. She said, ‘You are the God who sees me.’” (Genesis 16:13). Like Father, Like Son. The qualities of Jesus as seen in the gospels will be perfectly consistent with what we read of Yahweh …
Eyes Wide Open: God the Father Who Sees. “And God said, ‘Let there be light!’ and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was excellent, beautiful, good, suitable and pleasing, and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness… And God saw that the earth was good… and God saw …
Eyes Wide Open. “At the Last Judgment, it is our eyes that will be judged first. For in Matt. 25:44, the accused reply, ‘When did we see you hungry or thirsty or naked or sick?’ The first commandment of brotherly love is eye control.” (Rev. Helmut Thielicke). Head on a Swivel. “Cmon, Larson, you’ve got to …
Relationship Words in the Word: Communion. “The blessing-cup which we bless, is it not a (“ koinonia”) communion of, a sharing in, the blood of Christ? Is not the cup of wine for which we thank God a (“koinonia”) joint-participation in the blood of Messiah? And the loaf of bread which we break, is it …