Music by The Lockwoods Lyrics by Christopher Powers I heard the voice of Jesus say “My child, do not fear.” // “But Lord,” replied my trembling heart, “The darkness is so near.” // “It rises up before my eyes, it quenches every light. // With cruel and hopeless words it weaves a world that …
Romans 10:18, “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” When faced with the question of whether the refusal to believe in Jesus as Lord is due to a lack of hearing the word about the Christ, Paul responds that it is certainly not …
Genesis 6:18-19, “But I will establish my covenant with you, and you shall come into the ark…and of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every sort into the ark to keep them alive with you.” The connection between the Ark and Christ is a longstanding one. Peter has already …
Romans 2:16, “…on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus.” How does God judge the secret things of human hearts “by Christ Jesus”? I think there are at least two ways. First, there is a day of judgment appointed for all human beings. On …
Romans 8:17, “…provided we suffer with Him, in order that we may also be glorified with Him.” The Passage Considered Sometimes, when we think of suffering with Christ, we might imagine that Christ is the sufferer and that WE take on HIS sufferings. While there is a sense in which this is true, …
This animation considers how incalculable wrath and incalculable love are inextricably, simultaneously, and harmoniously declared in the supreme revelation of God’s beauty: the cross of Jesus Christ. Discussion Guide
Romans 8:1-4, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending His …
Romans 8:23, “…we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.” As I read Romans 8:18-25 this morning, I was struck by what a primary role HOPE plays in the Christian experience under the curse of Genesis …
Romans 6:3-4, “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were buried therefore with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in …
Romans 5:10, “For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by His life.” I was reading though Romans 5 this morning as we struck once again by the significance that God’s love is manifest …
Romans 3:26, “…it was to show God’s righteousness at the present time, so that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” In reading through Romans 3 this morning I was once again struck by how Paul emphasizes what the cross tells us about GOD as …
Exodus 25:22, “There I will meet with you…above the mercy seat (Hilasterion).” Romans 3:25, “God put [Christ] forward as a propitiation (Hilasterion) by His blood, to be received by faith.”The cherubim around the earthly “throne” of YHWH “watched” in awe as blood was sprinkled on the Hilasterion–the place where YHWH would appear to the His …
Romans 12:1, “I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.” By His grace, may all that we are, have, and ever hope to be, be daily laid on the altar.
Romans 9:33, “Behold I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame.” The crucified and risen Lord becomes a sanctuary to those who throw themselves on His mercy, and a stone that shatters those who proudly oppose Him…..may we …
Romans 8:28, “And we know that for those who love God, ALL THINGS work together for good…” All things………all things…….nothing is excepted. When all is said and done, all things will be made servants of the saint’s joy and God’s glory–because of Jesus Christ.
Matthew 18:27, “…the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt…” Colossians 2:14, “…nailing it to the cross.”
Matthew 5:44, “But I say to you, ‘Love your enemies’…that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven…” Romans 5:10, “…while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son…”
Romans 5:8, “…God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” We are loved at our worst.
Romans 8:34, “Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died–more than that, who was raised…”
Download the free discussion guide here. With Portuguese Subtitles: In John 19:30, we read some of the final words Jesus spoke from the cross: “It is finished.” What did He mean? What was “finished”? This animation seeks to explore that question and to give two primary answers to it. First, when Jesus died on the cross, …
