"[Love]…is not taking sin into account." [1 Cor 13:5] God is many things. He is patient, He is kind, He is long suffering; He is powerful, glorious, and sovereign. But if we could choose one, overall, defining characteristic for God, which would it be? I think the answer is found in John’s epistle, wherein He …
Tag: propitiation
Matthew 14:26-27
Short Devotion on Matthew 14:26-27 https://youtube.com/shorts/tSJfWXxAaOA?feature=share
A Cloud of Favor
"I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee." [Isa 44:22] Long ago, when Christ walked the earth, it came to pass on a certain day that a man, who was “afflicted with paralysis,” was brought to Jesus, “lying on …
Utterly Forgiven
"Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away." [Psa 65:3] Paul tells us of the simple gospel when he writes to the Corinthians; we read, taking note of the bold text, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and …
Redeemed Through Judgment
Jesus redeems us by God's judgement on him. The cup which Jesus drank, praying, "let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt" was the very wrath of God we deserved for our sins. Our offences against a holy God were cast upon His Son, "whom God hath set …
The Greatest Promise
One of the greatest promises that we have been given by The Lord is forgiveness. What an immeasurable debt we owe God; and yet, because Jesus paid the due punishment for our sins, He doesn't require payment from us. What glorious freedom is in Christ Jesus for those who take refuge under His wings from …
Jesus, Jonah, and a Sea of Wrath
Jonah is a type of Christ in very many ways, but perhaps the most interesting has to do with Jesus' payment for our sins. Jesus alludes to this, saying, "But [Jesus] answered and said unto them, an evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but …