Tag: savior
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Luke 2 – The CHRIST of CHRISTmas
The Gospel [good news] of Luke 2: 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem.. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands…
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Witnesses to Jesus Risen! – Thomas
Jesus is risen! .. You can’t prove it, can you? Christ Born & Witnessed, Crucified, Risen, Ascended.. The Witness of Thomas Imagine what Thomas must have pondered before he saw Jesus once more.. His miracles were authentic. He was a man like us, yet so unlike us. We discovered many times that the Lord Jesus…
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The Hour Is Come
These words spake Jesus .. and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come… The Gospel of John 17:1a KJV The Gospel introduction to perhaps Jesus’ most pivotal prayer varies in other translations but agrees in the Lord’s focus on the moment: “Father, the time has come. “Father, the hour…
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The Beginning of the End – A Burden of the Prophets – 2
Previously – Part 1 The Hope of a Savior King Jeremiah 23: 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In his days Judah will…
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Beyond Nations and Coastlands
The Servant of the Lord Is Jesus Savior of the nations, good news to the coastlands and Messiah of the elect? Prophets and kings of Israel have looked forward to the incarnate Son of Man. Yet the Messiah of Israel did not suffer, die and rise to glory only for Jacob. The Lord is lord…
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lord. What does it mean?
Jesus is Lord. What does that mean? Is this a Kingly title… like, “Sir Jesus, most exalted ruler” of someone or some land or maybe even some angels? Is that what you mean by, Jesus is lord? I say this tongue-in-cheek, but the question of the title ‘lord’ probably yields a not much better answer in…
