“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
"For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that those who live would no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose on their behalf." 2 Corinthians 5:14-15. For what are you living? Is it for …
Last Friday, the topic of this blog was the women who discovered the empty tomb, and left to go report what they found and heard from the angel. The women were filled with fear and great joy. On their way, they met Jesus who gave them the simple message, "Rejoice." Yet they likely did not …
Matthew 28:1-9 “Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb. And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat …
“The Christian life is simple. The Christian life is impossible. The Christian life is Christ living His life in us by the Holy Spirit.” - The Sonlife Principle (Sonlife Ministries) “For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.” Romans 8:14 The new covenant life of the true disciple is …
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ” Charles Spurgeon “And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.” Galatians 5:24-25 The only life to …
“The way to bliss lies not on a bed of down, and he that has no cross deserves no crown.” Francis Quades “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those …
"God doesn't want us to have rigid rituals with Him. In the new covenant, He is more interested in having a relationship with us." Joseph Prince “And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” Luke 22:20 …
Continue reading The Gifts of Easter Pt. 2 – A Love Story, A New Covenant
“By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are rebels no more, but are servants; no more servants, but sons!” F. W. Farrar “Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” Galatians 5:24 So how is it that are to live …
“The cross has gathered in the course of the years much of beauty and symbolism, but the cross of which Jesus spoke had nothing of beauty in it. It was an instrument of death.” A.W. Tozer The crucified life is crucial to our living in the kingdom of our God. This is because our new …
"By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade." - Desiderius Erasmus Why was the death of Christ Jesus necessary for our salvation? Understanding the purpose for our salvation is key to answering that question. As a race of humans we were created by our God to experience close …
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