Psalm 103:4
Psalm 103:4, “[He] crowns you with steadfast love and mercy…” Christian, our glory is that we are loved by YHWH in Christ, and the crimson crown of His steadfast love will be our ever-increasing beauty through the ages.
Psalm 103:10-11
Psalm 103:10-11,”He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. FOR as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him.”
1 Corinthians 15:55-57
1 Corinthians 15:55-57, “‘O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” In Jesus’ death and resurrection, our sin was slain, the
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1 Peter 5:6-7
1 Peter 5:6-7, “Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God…casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.” When God’s mighty hand ordains painful trials for us, we humble ourselves under it by pouring out the trial-born anxieties to Him, because He cares for us. And if we doubt the
Malachi 4:1-2
Malachi 4:1-2, “For behold, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble. The day that is coming shall set them ablaze….But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.” The same Radiance that is terror
Malachi 4:2 + Luke 1:78-79
Malachi 4:2, “…the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.” Luke 1:78-79, “…the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace.”
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Isaiah 41:10
Isaiah 41:10, “…fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” Because the Son was not spared, and because the righteous right hand of the Lord was pierced, His righteousness now
Luke 18:13
Luke 18:13, “…standing far off, [he] would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified…” A right standing before God and cleansing to the marrow of our soul is one blood-bought
Psalm 19
Psalm 19, The word of Creation and the word of Scripture point to, are illuminated by, and are summed up in the Word Incarnate.
Revelation 1:5
Revelation 1:5, “…Jesus Christ the faithful witness the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings on earth….who loves us and freed us from our sins by His blood.” Like drops of water splashing into a puddle, kings and presidents, empires and nations rise and fall….but the True King sits enthroned for
Ephesians 2:16
Ephesians 2:16, “[the death of Jesus rendered the Law inoperative for those who trust in Him, that He] might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.” Jew and Gentile are reconciled to one another and to God in Christ…which means all the ethnicities represented under “Gentile”
Ephesians 2:6-7
Ephesians 2:6-7, “[God] raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places, in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” The goodness of Who God Is, poured out over us–to our ever
Ephesians 2:4-5a
Ephesians 2:4-5, “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions…”
Crowned with Love and Mercy
Psalm 103:4, “…who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy…” The Crown of the Christian Often times in scripture a crown is synonymous with a person’s honor and functions as an outward expression of a particular glory that they bear (whether it be as king or queen or ruler or judge etc. Job 19:9,Prov.12:4,14:24,17:6). It
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Love Explored – Part 4: The Last Battle of Love’s War
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the
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Ephesians 2:1-3
Ephesians 2:1-3, “And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience–among whom we all once lived…” This was or is true of us all.
Ephesians 1:4
Ephesians 1:4, “…He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before Him…”
Psalm 51:1
Psalm 95:1, “Oh come, let us sing to YHWH; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our Salvation!” The water-giving rock struck at Meribah (Ps.95:8, Ex.17:6-7) points to the life-giving Rock struck on Calvary (1 Cor.10:4), the Rock of our Salvation.
Colossians 1:28
Colossians 1:28, “HIM we proclaim…” Jesus Christ–crucified and risen–is the centerpiece of all true preaching.
