Month: December 2018

The Faithfulness of Christ: Why You Don’t Have to be Brave or Strong to be a Witness (Martyr)

On By Raina NightingaleIn Application3 Comments

“If we died with Him, we will also live with Him. If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we disown Him, He will also disown us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot disown Himself.”

“But do not worry about what you are to say or how you will answer, for it will not be you who is speaking, but the Spirit of your Father who is speaking through you.”

“For no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit, and no one speaking by the Holy Spirit can say ‘Jesus is cursed.’”

The Christian’s very confidence is that Jesus Christ is the Faithful and the True. It is because Jesus Christ is faithful that we can confess Him and not disown Him, not because of any faithfulness in ourselves. Continue reading “The Faithfulness of Christ: Why You Don’t Have to be Brave or Strong to be a Witness (Martyr)” →

Have You Ever Heard of God?

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“God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few.”

“YHWH is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.”

When Moses approached the burning bush, God said to him, “Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” The presence of God demands reverence: fear, holy fear, is not too light a word. This reverence, this holy fear – joyful and wonderful only because, in Christ Jesus, we know God as our Father, but not the less holy, or the less fear, or even the less terrible, for in Jesus Christ, God, in all His magnificent holiness, is our tender and loving Father: Jesus’ death and resurrection did not change God, it changed us and our relationship to God – this reverence and holy fear must be present when we approach God, when we are in His presence. Continue reading “Have You Ever Heard of God?” →