Picture from http://www.theologylived.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/incarnation.jpg “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14). The incarnation is a promise. God became human. His invisible personage of pure love was manifest. Jesus is our proof: God will also become flesh in us. His pure love will be manifest in us….
Category: New Testament
I Am Not the Christ
It may sound absurd, but it’s true: we often take it upon ourselves to be Christ. Usually, we do so unconsciously, out of a sincere desire to be like Jesus, and not because we consciously wish to supplant Him. So, we try to have endless patience with difficult people; when visitors come to church, we…
Fire Shut up in My Bones
“So the word of the LORD has brought me insult and reproach all day long. But if I say, ‘I will not mention him or speak any more in his name,’ his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed,…
The Gospel of God
“[T]he good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God…” (Mark 1:1). Jesus Christ is the gospel. The Corinthians thought it was about spiritual gifts and supernatural manifestations. While encouraging them in the gifts of the spirit, Paul pointed the Corinthians to something even greater: Jesus Christ and Him crucified, the wisdom and power…
The Supremacy of Jesus
This post was written at the request of reader, Mitch Smith—https://thevoiceofone.org/2013/03/09/suggestion-box/#comments. Thanks, Mitch! *** Revelation is nothing if not a book about the supremacy of Christ. From start to finish, it is full of images that communicate both the fact and the spirit of His supremacy. What do…
Who Is When…?
Recently, a friend sent me a link to a video called, “An Evening of Eschatology.” (As the video points out, “eschatology” is just a $2.00 word for “last things” or the end of all things). In the video, John Piper moderates a discussion between Jim Hamilton, Sam Storms, and Doug Wilson, each of whom represents…
Perfected in Weakness
“He believed in God, who gives life to the dead and calls things into existence that do not exist. […] He considered his own body to be already dead (since he was about 100 years old) and also considered the deadness of Sarah’s womb, without weakening in the faith” (Rom. 4:18, 19). God promised Abraham…
He Cannot Disown Himself
“After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church—for we are members of his body” (Ephesians 5:29, 30). It is a privileged position to be Jesus’s body. But what do we mean by saying we are…
Nothing Less than Him
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Jesus is God’s complete self-expression or Word. The Word is God, just as my word is me and not something other than me. Jesus said it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth…
The Voice of One 