A big part of fearing God means understanding the terrible prospect of turning away from Him and the mercy He has shown us. God gave us the awesome sacrifice of Jesus through which He has made every provision for us to be saved from His wrath – why would we want to run away from [...]
Author Archives: James
The Commands of Jesus – ‘Fear God’ (Part 1)
September 15, 2009 – 10:22 am
“And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. – Matt 10:28
Does this command to fear God seem discouraging to you at first? Like living a life of anxiety that God is angry and ready [...]
The Commands of Jesus – ‘Humble Yourselves’ (Part 2)
August 18, 2009 – 6:51 am
One of the outcomes of true humility is that it leads to a joyful readiness to do lowly service.
In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount He said, ‘blessed are the poor in spirit’. The poor in spirit are blessed because they know they have nothing in themselves to commend them to God and are fully cast [...]
The Commands of Jesus – ‘Humble yourselves’ (Part 1)
August 4, 2009 – 10:39 am
Jesus reserved some of His strongest descriptions for hypocrites. One of the reasons for this could be that the root of hypocrisy is pride. The frequency and variety of Jesus’ calls for humility show His abomination of pride, because pride is the opposite of true humility.
The Commands of Jesus – ‘Rejoice!’
July 13, 2009 – 11:46 am
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward is great in heaven, for in like manner their fathers did to the prophets. – [...]