Tag: sins
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The Lame Walk a Sign from God
A Sign of Faith in Capernaum ~A.D. 27 – Jesus in Galilee “Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? Gospel of Luke 5:43 LSB “But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to…
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Nehemiah 9 – The People Confess Their Sins
Today’s Short Take on Scripture focuses on confession. Yesterday this personal conviction came to mind from imprinted corporate confession of the church. (You’re church may not use such a confession, but should they lead us in this way?) Confession of Sin Before Communion From the Anglican BCP [Book of Common Prayer] (public domain, source not…
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For you will always have the poor – 4
ἀλάβαστρον – alabastron The alabaster receptacle of the anointing oil To understand why Jesus would say, “the poor are with you always,” we must understand anointing as commonly understood in the culture of the day. People traveled to and from homes with no running water mostly by foot and anointing is often associated with washing or cleansing. Jesus instructs…
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An Acceptable Sacrifice
Psalm 50 The Acceptable Sacrifice A Psalm of Asaph. 1 The mighty one, God the Lord, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. 3 Our God comes and does not keep silence, before him is a devouring fire, and a…
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Free?
How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?” We are slaves to our past. We are slaves to our culture. We are slaves to our traditions. “I was born (Hispanic, Asian, black, white… whatever excuse.)” The Pharisees were proud of being born Hebrew; proud of their Jewish past. In fact, they were slaves…
