Images of Salvation – Law Court
This post is part of a brief series which gives a brief overview of the images used to describe salvation. In this post we consider the image of the Law Court. The biblical picture of [ Read More … ]
Images of Salvation – Slave Market
This post is part of a brief series which gives a brief overview of the images of salvation. In this post we consider the image of the Slave Market. Normally we think of property as [ Read More … ]
Matthew 18-19 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart
From Matthew 18-19 Jesus teaches about forgiveness. His commands are demanding. They require much maturity, patience and sensitivity. God has forgiven us with amazing mercy and grace. He expects us to respond similarly to those who [ Read More … ]
We’ve moved!
I’ve migrated the blog! And have moved from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. There were a few teething issues but things look rosier now. Hopefully all my subscribers have been jetpacked successfully. As you may notice I’m [ Read More … ]
Matthew 13-14 Parable: The weeds of the field
From Matthew 13-14 Jesus speaks about the kingdom of heaven in parables. In today’s parable he says good seed is allowed to grow up with weeds. He is talking about his people and giving them [ Read More … ]
Matthew 9-10 Pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest
From Matthew 9-10 Jesus continues in his gospel ministry. He teaches about the kingdom and ushers it in with supernatural healing. People are putting their faith in him. At the end of today’s passage Jesus instructs [ Read More … ]
Matthew 5-6 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven
From Matthew 5-6 Today’s passage is generally known as the ‘Sermon on the Mount’. Its chiefly about what those in the kingdom of Heaven look like now and what will happen to them in the [ Read More … ]
Malachi 1-4 Cursed be the cheat who has a male in his flock, and vows it, and yet sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished
From Malachi 1-4 It is to the faults of the current generation that Malachi devotes most of his rebuke. The most grievous sins of all the people is the evil of the priests themselves, who [ Read More … ]
Zechariah 1-7 My words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants, did they not overtake your fathers?
From Zechariah 1-7 The people of God are under Persian rule in exile. In the opening chapter of Zechariah, the prophet recalls what happened to their fathers. He instructs the people to repent of their [ Read More … ]
Were moving!
I’m migrating the blog! Moving from wordpress.com to wordpress.org. They assure me it will take 4-7 working days… All things going well you wont miss a thing as I’m keeping the thescripturesays.org domain name. New features [ Read More … ]