August

“Simon Peter, a servant and messenger of Jesus Christ, to those receiving a faith, equally precious to ours, in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be increased to you in the fuller knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, on … [Read more...] about August 31

God measures everything we are by the perfections of His Son; that is the gold standard. According to Paul’s letter to the Ephesians God “….has blessed us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ………; that we should be holy and blameless … [Read more...] about August 30

The letter to the Ephesians is written to “the saints, those being faithful in Christ Jesus” (Ephesians 1:1); importantly, it is not written to “those believing in Christ Jesus”, but “those faithful in Christ Jesus”. We come to verse 14 and find that "you … [Read more...] about August 29

"My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?" (Matthew 27:46). These words of Jesus are directly quoting the first verse of Psalm 22 which prophesies of the crucifixion of the Messiah. While I have understood that Jesus was identifying Himself with the … [Read more...] about August 28

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that all those having faith in Him might not perish, but might have eternal life” (John 3:16). Those who belong to a godless world spend their years and their energies in getting and … [Read more...] about August 27

The first chapters of John’s gospel are a Midrash on Genesis 1. In the first chapter of Genesis we read of the creation that took place “in the beginning”. “And God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to … [Read more...] about August 26