When Jesus rose from the dead three days after bearing our sins on the Cross, he, without announcement, had somehow changed. He had not become less and come as a ghost, but he came as something more. Suddenly, Jesus can appear and disappear from rooms even though they touched him, and he ate to show clearly that he was in body. When he appeared and disappeared on the road to Emmaus, the followers of Jesus did not recognize him. He …
As Christians, we are all children under our all knowing God. All are sinners, living under God’s mercy. God gave us the Bible, so we could know him. We can, from the Bible, know what makes God smile and what makes God frown. God died for us for a handful of reasons. One reason is that we could kive before hin as sons and daughters rather than living in fear of not being accepted. We follow God’s commands in the …
Funny title. What I mean by did Jesus change God is we have a sense that the God of the Old Testament is tough and the God of the New Testament is soft. I think we need to look closer and think more. This is a big topic, but let me take it on. In Levitucus 10, We have the following. The Death of Nadab and Abihu 10 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they …
While living and outreaching in China, my wife and I noticed that Christians are often worse than non Christians. This seems to deny that God is empowering us for works of service. I then realized a hard truth in first generation Christianity here in China. People coming to faith were not people from the best of society. They were from bad families and troubled lives. Both my wife and I are first generation Christians by the way. Sinful as we …
In the era of the New Testament laying down palms represented triumph and victory. Victors riding a horse were warriors who triumphed in battle. Victors who entered by peace rode a donkey as sign of their peaceful arrival. Ah, what about Palm Sunday? See what Zechariah wrote 500 years before Jesus birth Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a …
