Posts Tagged ‘ Gospel ’
And behold, one of those who were with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
Matthew 26:51-52, ESV
We have a tendency to want to protect Jesus, but He is the one who came to save us.
We may make a defense of the Word, but The Word died for us knowing He would come back.
They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Matthew 22:21, ESV
We like to handle things ourselves, using government and special programs (none of them necessarily bad) to manage everything, when we should be loving God by loving people.
Seek God and love people.
And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”
Matthew 21:27, LSB
We like to think we have great understanding, but if we deny the clear evidence or meaning of Scripture, Christ won’t bend to our understandings. We must conform to His truth.
And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once.
Matthew 21:19, ESV
We might try to be trendy for the season or on the right side of history, but we are called to obey Christ above our own desires and societal expectations.
He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
Matthew 21:13, ESV
We like to think we are dedicating things to God, but are we merely bringing our own will into our walk?
Let us first dedicate our lives to God and the rest will follow.
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians 10:31, ESV
Even our simple choices in life should be dedicated to God, with concern for those around us but always to glorify God.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 3:16, ESV
We like to think we are basically good or can earn a place in heaven, but it is only by faith in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus that we get there.
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
James 4:17, ESV
God has shown us what is right, but we must still obey and act.
“even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.“
Matthew 20:28, ESV
We tend toward selfishness, but God has given us the example of sacrificial love and servant-hood towards each other and (as well as for) God.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4, ESV
It is because of sin – individually and collectively – that we face hard times. Our God has given us His peace and a firm hope to endure and overcome through the cross of Christ.
a simple man of God 