READ: Ecclesiastes 3, Luke 22, Revelation 14 BEAUTIFUL, IN HIS TIME Revelation presents a beautiful picture of the effects of the everlasting gospel (Rev. 14: 6). When the gospel (the good news of what God has done in Christ) is accepted and embraced, it transforms man. The gospel-centered man or woman has the Father’s name […]
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Abiding in Jesus: November 28
READ: Ecclesiastes 2, Luke 21, Revelation 13 THE PATIENCE AND FAITH OF THE SAINTS Revelation wrecks havoc on any theology that has a high view of man. It is pretty clear that in the last days things will get pretty rough. In fact, “it was granted to him [the evil beast] to make war with […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 27
READ: Ecclesiastes 1, Luke 20, Revelation 12 OVERCOMING The devil on earth is like a man-eating shark that has thrust itself onto a crowded beach. Ferocious, deadly, powerful, but limited: not omnipresent and running out of oxygen. A fish cannot live on land. Revelation 12:12 assures us that though the devil comes against us in great wrath, […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 26
READ: Proverbs 31, Luke 19, Revelation 11 KINGDOM POW THEOLOGY Some followers of Jesus, a little too full of themselves, think that Jesus needs our help. Self-important Christians think that the role of the Body of Christ is to prevail in the earth and systems of men to present Jesus a redeemed earth as His […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 25
READ: Proverbs 30, Luke 18, Revelation 10 LORD, HAVE MERCY Jesus loves it when we are persistent in prayer, when we keep coming back to Him over and over again in faith. Luke 18 tells us that if an unjust judge can be moved by the persistence of a supplicant, how much more shall the […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 24
READ: Proverbs 29, Luke 17, Revelation 9 REWARDS When the disciples ask Jesus to increase their faith (Luke 17:5), He responds in two unlikely ways. First, He compares faith to a mustard seed; second, He links faith to doing our duty (v. 10). In His answers Jesus reveals an understanding of faith that runs counter […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 23
READ: Proverbs 28, Luke 16, Revelation 8 ABOMINABLE PRAYERS Jesus demands accountability for how we steward the resources He has given us. Jesus has given us family, friends, time, and money, and He insists that we use these resources well, that we are shrewd with what He has given us (Luke 16:8). Family and friends […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 22
READ: Proverbs 27, Luke 15, Revelation 7 MENTORED REPENTANCE The prodigal son teaches us to never waste an opportunity to repent. When this wayward son returned to his father, he recognized his error was first against God: “Father, I have sinned against heaven” and then against his loved ones (Luke 15:18, 21). The prodigal son joins Joseph (“How […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 21
READ: Proverbs 26, Luke 14, Revelation 6 NON-DISCIPLESHIP Dallas Willard commented that if you think the cost of discipleship is high, you ought to reckon with the cost of non-discipleship. Jesus was pretty explicit about what characterizes the non-disciple. By Jesus’ definition, discipleship is not for the faint of heart or lazy in spirit. Jesus […]
Abiding in Jesus: November 20
READ: Proverbs 25, Luke 13, Revelation 5 THE SLAIN LAMB STANDS Faith never denies facts. John the revelator stands in heaven and is presented with a sealed scroll which contains the end game of God (Rev. 5). Within that scroll is the solution for a world gone mad, a world polluted and poisoned by sin […]
