Jesus Our Example
Posted Jun 23 2009
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work – John 4:34
What drives you? What motivates you? What sustains you? Jesus revealed to his disciples, when they could not understand his passing up a lunch break, that his driving motivation was the will […]
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Posted May 31 2009
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home – John 19:27
We are commanded to “look to Jesus” on the cross in order to know how to handle suffering (Hebrews 12:2). The third lesson we learn from the seven sayings of Christ on […]
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Posted May 23 2009
He laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren – 1 John 3:16
John 3:16 famously declares the love of God, the giving of His Son, and His purpose that whoever believes on His Son will have everlasting life. But 1 John 3:16 takes this truth a […]
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Posted Apr 23 2009
Hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps – 1 Peter 2:21
Christians love to talk about following Christ. But Peter makes it clear that we cannot expect to follow a suffering, rejected Savior without experiencing suffering and rejection ourselves. Amy Carmichael rhetorically presents […]
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Posted Mar 23 2009
Jesus wept – John 11:35
This is verse is famous for being the shortest verse in the Bible. But it deserves our attention for reasons much more significant than that. What a scene! The eternal, unchanging, immovable God-in-the-flesh Jesus, weeping in front of the tomb of a friend.
How mysterious a scene this is. And yet there […]
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