A Tale of Two Baptizers Luke 3:7-17 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 9 The axe has been laid to the […]
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Is Jesus Your Co-Pilot? John 18:33-37 (NRSV) You have probably seen a bumper sticker (or some other sign) that says, “God is my Co-Pilot!” … or “Jesus is my Co-Pilot“. On the surface, it sounds spiritual … as if someone has his/her priorities right … but it really isn’t. Here’s why … IF God is the co-pilot, THEN God is not the pilot … which means He is NOT the one flying the plane.
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Once-For-All and For ALL Hebrews 9:24-28 (NRSV) 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer again
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Our Greater-Than-Great High Priest The last time I spoke, I made reference to Psalm 103:14, where the Psalmist said that God “… remembers that we are dust” The main text at that time was Hebrews 4:12-16 … which shows that He didn’t just remember … He did something about it … He became one of us … so that He could die in our stead as our substitute … but, also, to be able
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Luke 4:31-44 Jesus Moves to Capernaum , 31 and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. Jesus Casts Out a Demon 33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee,
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Luke 4:14-30 Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth … after His Inaugural Sermon 16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the
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Luke 3:21-23 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. 23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age,
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