May 18, 2018
May 11, 2018
Prophecies: YHWH = Jesus
Many prophecies about YHWH in the OT are directly fulfilled in the NT in the person of Jesus (cf. Isaiah 45:21-23 = Philippians 2:10 and Romans 14:11; Isaiah 44:6 = Revelation 1:17; Joel 2:32 = Romans 10:9-13; Isaiah 40:3 = Matt 3:3, Mark 1:3, Luke 3:4, John 1:23; Deut 10:17 = Rev. 19:16, 17:14, 1 Tim 6:15; Jeremiah 23:1-5 = Matt 2;2, Luke 1:32, John 1:49; Isaiah 6:5 = John 12:41; Ezekiel 34:11-24, Isaiah 40:9, Psalm 23 = John 10:11-15; Psalm 8:2 = Matt 21:16; Psalm 102:25f = Hebrews 1:10). -Dr. Matthew Everhard (follow: @matt_everhard on Twitter)
May 10, 2018
May 3, 2018
Jan 20, 2018
God taking His servant's side...
Reading 2 Samuel 22, coming upon verses 10 through 20, I see how David describes the Lord taking up his cause. My attention was captivated by the words of the tenth verse, "He bent the heavens and came down, total darkness beneath his feet." (2 Samuel 22:10 CSB)
Surely it shows that for one of His own, God can, and may well, bend the heavens and unleash His power on their behalf. God is in control and all-powerful.
(While it is true that He does not show favorites, He does still favor His children. That is not a contradiction, by the way. It means He does not show favorites among His children.)
The fury of God in the defense of His people is mighty. In some ways it is held back until the last days, but at times it is on full display. Like when Moses led the Israelites across the Red Sea and crushed the Egyptian army under the same waters He held back from Israel.
Just some thoughts as I was reading. Figure I'd share.
Jan 13, 2018
One of Us: incarnation
One of Us
So many struggle with the Triune Nature of God, and specifically the fact that Jesus was God the Son walking the earth in human flesh.
Joan Osborne sang a song that hit close to the mark while still missing. She asks about what it would be like if God was one of us. Well, He did become one of us. He walked and talked. He had relationships with family and friends. He faces adversity. He lived perfectly, sinlessly.
God, in Jesus, was fully human without sacrificing the fullness of His being God. Yes, He chose to be limited while in the flesh, but never ceased being fully God while being fully human.
#TheologyRocks
Jan 9, 2018
in light of eternity
Sometimes I struggle with regret and long for unfulfilled dreams. As the years creep by I find I have missed out on so much. Somethings lost to time were due to my own choices. Other things just never worked out.
However, with all my loses and failures there have been gains and successes. Though even without anything to show for my life tangibly it would still be okay if I have my heart set on the joy to come.
Valuing my current life too much comes from focusing my hopes and dreams on my current situation. I need to focus on now, but in light of eternity.
Jesus is my perfect example. He lived life to the full- even well enough to be of great enough value as to purchase my salvation through His own sacrifice. He did this with His focus on the present situations He faces in light of the glory of eternity:
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." -Hebrews 12.1-2 (ESV)
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