He split the rocks in the desert and gave them water as abundant as the seas. (Psalm 78:15, NIV) Looking at Psalm 78, one would not at first see it as either messianic or Christmas-like. It is an encouragement to parents about instructing their children, reciting God’s great acts in bringing Israel out of Egypt. Asaph’s …
The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. (1 John 3:8, NIV) First John 3:8 doesn’t sound like a verse for a Christmas meditation! There’s no Christmas Carol I know that exalts destroying the devil’s work as a key contribution of Jesus’s Incarnation, but this is a liberating and wonderful …
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:17, NASB) At Christmas, I often tell anecdotes about my family emigrating from England sixty years ago when I was thirteen. I wish …
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:6, NASB) The Bible as a whole is a set of directives pointing the way to God—and, in a sense, the way back to the Garden of Eden where our first …
“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.” (Deuteronomy 18:15, NIV) It’s always gratifying when a promise is finally made good. It’s an encouragement to faith when a Scripture prophecy comes true! Amazingly, many people often don’t recognize …
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me’” (John 14:6, NASB). The Bible as a whole is a set of directives pointing the way to God—and, in a sense, the way back to the Garden of Eden where our first …
