Take a Break

Song of Solomon 2:10 My beloved spoke, and said to me: “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. –NKJ   What do you imagine when you hear the words, “God speaks?” What would God’s voice soung like? Often in scriptures it is described as a huge, rushing sound like wind. Big Booming… Continue reading Take a Break

Get Back to god

Nehemiah 9:38 “And because of all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our leaders and our Levites and our priests seal it.” –NKJ   At a time in history, when God’s people were at their lowest point, they had managed a significant reconstruction project. They had long fallen from being a… Continue reading Get Back to god

Jesus in Charge

Acts 5:31 “Him God has exalted to His right hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. –NKJ   The great thing about Jesus is that no matter what we might think about him, God thinks highly of him. The Jewish leaders of the day thought so little… Continue reading Jesus in Charge

Schoolhouse Theology, or Jesus is One of Us

Hebrews 2:14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, –NKJ   Let’s look at each phrase in this verse: Inasmuch then as the children… Children. A word… Continue reading Schoolhouse Theology, or Jesus is One of Us

The Opened Door

Matthew 27:51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split, –NKJ   On any level, the meaning of this verse is that barriers have been torn down in a dramatic way. We have ceremonies where a new store has… Continue reading The Opened Door

One Way To Heaven

Hebrews 12:24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. –NKJ   Some Background: Jesus is our mediator. What does that mean? He is the one who goes between us and god. It is said that religion is all about how… Continue reading One Way To Heaven

Price of Salvation

1 Peter 1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot. –NKJ   How does salvation come? “with the precious blood of Christ,” Salvation isn’t so much being saved from something, as it is being saved to something. It might better be thought of as being set… Continue reading Price of Salvation