d “For you died” (Col. 3:3). Ecclesiastes expounds what it means to be dead with Christ: “For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward and even the memory of them is forgotten. Their love, their hate, and their jealousy have long since vanished; never again will they…
Category: Old Testament
Yet in My Flesh I Will See God
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….
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,…
To Obey Is Better than Sacrifice (Or Is It?)
Drawing by Patrick Murphy: http://inspiredsketch.blogspot.com/ “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams” (1 Sam. 15:22). This can be a confusing verse. Read one way, it seems God is saying it is better to obey than to sin and need forgiveness. This reading has a certain…
Come to the Tree. Pray to Die.
Who can forget Elijah’s famous showdown with the prophets of Baal? This was probably the OK Corral of the Old Testament. Elijah went toe to toe with hundreds of false prophets and publicly humiliated them. They spent all day crying out and cutting themselves without so much as a peep from their god. One short…
The Idols of Christ and the Cross (Part 1)
The following is an excerpt from my booklet about Micah. A link to the full booklet can be found under the heading, “Booklets: The Spirit of Prophecy Series.” Micah addresses at least two types of false religion: fertility cults and Molech worship. Fertility cults involved worship of various deities…
The Idols of Christ and the Cross (Part 2)
This is part 2 of a series. Read part 1 here: https://thevoiceofone.org/2013/01/11/the-idols-of-christ-and-the-cross-part-1/ The exacting spirit of Molech also insinuates itself into the life of the church. Molech, it was pointed out, demanded that his worshipers give up their children to appease him. God gave up His own Son for us…
The Voice of One 