The Sparrow’s Mortician
“Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.” -Matt. 10:29 Imagine that a young lad with a slingshot, the ancient equivalent of the modern day BB gun, fired off a round, and to his shock and amazement, the target was struck. Feathers flew, and the one that had always assumed flight fell to the ground. The boy, not used to success, honestly felt badly about what he had done. In his law-led home, a dead body meant defilement, and so he shunned to do any more than stare...
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“For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.” -1 John 2:16 When I was much younger, I put myself through college by working in the lumber business. I also did a little construction work (emphasis on little). However, I did have a tool belt. Those leather tool belts could hold a whole collection of tools, from a hammer to a nail set to tape measure to pliers. Satan also has a tool belt, but it holds only three tools: “the lust...
read moreSomething for Which We Thank God
“I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” -Isa. 43:25 Maybe I should have entitled this, “One of a Thousand Things for Which We Should Thank God.” Really, there are two definite acts of divine grace addressed in this power-packed verse that describe key elements of our redemption. The blotting out of our transgressions and God’s wondrous forgetfulness speak volumes as to how God justifies the sinner. All of this is ours by the sacrifice of His Son on...
read moreWho is He?
“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” -Rev. 19:16 In a European Kingdom, centuries ago, a wise and powerful king would assume the garb of a peasant and mingle with his people. He wanted to see how his subjects really fared. He toured through his domain to stay in touch with reality. Stopping one day at an inn, he overheard a fellow traveler ask the innkeeper, “Who is that fellow?” “Only some beggarly peasant” came the curt reply. The disguised...
read moreThe Son of God
“Truly this was the Son of God.” -Matt. 27:54 Hanging on the cross, suspended between Heaven and earth, good and evil, life and death, is this Man. Some say He was merely a carpenter’s son. Others call Him a charlatan or even a liar. Some thought He was John the Baptist resurrected and some an Old Testament prophet revitalized in the form of this Man. They all had their thoughts, suspicions or hopes. Like Peter before him and even some devils from Gadara, this centurion and his companions had it right-He was the Son of God! I...
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