September 17 – #Goals
This list is a pipe dream. It is an unattainable achievement. Each and every one of the Ten Commandments, each and every one of us have broken over and over again.
This list is a pipe dream. It is an unattainable achievement. Each and every one of the Ten Commandments, each and every one of us have broken over and over again.
But you have a custom of asking me to release one prisoner each year at Passover. Would you like me to release this ‘King of the Jews’?” But they shouted back, “No! Not this man. We want Barabbas!” (Barabbas was a revolutionary.) (John 18:39-40) Read: 2 Samuel 15:23 – 16:23, John 18:25 – 19:22, Psalm 119:113-128, Proverbs…
The hyssop was a tool that demonstrated that life can begin again after the tragedy of death has struck. It is a tool that washes what it touches so that those who have become unclean need not remain so forever.
“I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old. I made up my mind that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was.”
Sin is what comes out of disobedience to produce separation from God. It is us being at war with God. Whether it is something as drastic as murder or as commonplace as lying and pride, the causes and effects of these sins are the same.
What stories do our scars tell?
Just imagine what the blood sacrifices to the ground. Their sandals. Their clothes. More than once they are being sprinkled or smeared with the stuff… It was a mess, blood was everywhere, covering everything. The ground they stood on… mudblood. That is how they were made holy.
There is something beautiful about a soul rending moment when the realization weight of our sin comes into direct contact with the depth of His love.
Which Jesus will you chose?
One diminutive man showing love and respect while still not bending his will demonstrated the greatest manifestation of power seen in the twentieth century.