Tag: exodus
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The Gospel of the Kingdom
Matthew 9:35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. What is the gospel? More specifically, what is the gospel of the kingdom which Jesus proclaimed? To begin, look back to the centuries and millennia at the…
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The Gospel: Preached by John
Behold our shield, O God; look on the face of your anointed! – Psalm 84:9 John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was…
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Fire of the Living God
Exodus 3: 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed… God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” 5 Then he said,…
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Lord of the Sabbath
Dr. Luke retells two stories of witnesses about Jesus and the Sabbath. (We should consider that the Good News is witness of the message of salvation, though the story of Jesus is not always chronological.) The time of these witnessed stories is not so important as the point. Returning (for this) to Luke 6: Jesus…
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Resh
Psalm 119 English Standard Version (ESV) Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet Resh 153 Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law. 154 Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to your promise! Sickness is a terrible thing, is it not? Yet affliction is much more than just…