Proverbs 21:26
Proverbs 21:26, “…the righteous gives and does not hold back” At the cross, this Proverb is supremely fulfilled when the Righteous One Himself gives all and holds nothing back.
Proverbs 21:26, “…the righteous gives and does not hold back” At the cross, this Proverb is supremely fulfilled when the Righteous One Himself gives all and holds nothing back.
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on
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Hebrews 6:19-20,” We have this [hope] as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf…” Our oath-assured, blood-secured hope is to enter the Sabbath Rest of our Triune God through the person and work
Luke 2:10-11, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
1 John 4:9, “In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent His only Son into the world…”
John 17:3, “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
1 John 4:19, ” We love because he first loved us.” Love begets love, and the Triune God is its source and goal.
John 5:20, “For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater works than these will He show Him, so that you may marvel.” Integral to the Father’s love for the Son is His self-disclosure to/in the Son.
Exodus 33:13, “…show me now your ways, that I may know you…” God’s acts in history reveal His heart from eternity.
Psalm 36:8, “They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.”
Luke 20:25, “…render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s”
Acts 20:35, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” Because, in Christ, God shows Himself to be the Giver.
Luke 2:11, “unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” This warrants great joy
John 1:18, “No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.”
John 17:23, Jesus said our unity is “so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.”
Matthew 27:46,”My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” May this agony and mystery never cease to stagger us…