WHY DID JESUS DIE?
By: Pastor E.A Adeboye Memorise: “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God,which taketh away the sin of the world” (Jn 1:29) Read: Philippians 3:…
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Sacrifice
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Babatope Babalobi
Damon J. Gray
The Gift – How Much More?
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?– Romans 8:31-32, NIV-1983 There are times I read scripture,…
4 min readAfolabi O J
GRACE made all things NEW - Spark of His Glory
After a little hesitation, his mother abruptly dashed forward with a certain urgency of the moment together with the viciousness of a bear robbed of her cub!
6 min readRobin McKinley
The Ultimate Sacrifice for Sinful Man
We can be extremely thankful that Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of man. The burnt offerings instituted by God in the Old Testament were quite
6 min readPhillipa Williams
What Are You Carrying?
(Photo: Pexels) A LIVING SACRIFICE Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” ~Luke 9:23, New King James Version Defining Your Cross In Matthew 11:28, Jesus tell us: Come to me, all...
4 min readChris Carpenter
Karen Kingsbury's 'A Thousand Tomorrows' TV Series a Good Reminder to Cherish Each Day
In the new six-episode Pure Flix mini series, A Thousand Tomorrows (available now), which is based on Karen Kingsbury’s novel of the same name, Kingsbury found herself sitting beside a professional bull rider on a cross-country flight. He not only educated her about the sport, but also confided the precarious nature of his rough and tumble profession that could destroy his life in an instant.
10 min readElizabeth Prata
Do I Have to Live Uncomfortably to Be a Real Christian?
The essence of Christianity is loving your neighbor. Suburbia needs loving neighbors reaching out in quiet ways just as much as the poor need help in Calcutta or the lost need help in Afghanistan. The daily grind of being a faithful witness for Jesus occurs all over the world, in jungles, mountain villages, cities, farming communities, and suburban plats.
9 min readJohn MacArthur
The Lord’s Relentless Defense of His People
This series was first published in January 2019. -ed. What is Jesus doing right now? After all, His creation is complete (John 1:1–3) and His atoning work is finished (Hebrews 10:12–14). So what occupies Him in the present? While exiled on the island of Patmos, the apostle John received a powerful reminder of the Lord’s
3 min readKeri L. Willis
Behold The Lamb
We have all sinned. God loves us. Jesus died for our sins, was buried and rose again so we can have life, life more abundant.
5 min readRandy Alcorn
Prioritize Your Local Church: Don’t Just Be a Highly Online Christian - Blog - Eternal Perspective Ministries
When the world’s foundations are crumbling, run to the church, whose one foundation is Jesus Christ, our Lord.
10 min readAnneta Pinto
Jehovah Jireh
“So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided”” (Genesis 22:14). In Genesis 22, we see the ultimate t…
4 min readDenise Pass
A Wholly Holy Offering —October 20 Bible Reading Plan - Denise Pass
There needed to be an offering that would once and for all fulfill the righteous requirements of a Holy God. Christ is a wholly Holy offering on our behalf.
11 min readObedience is Better than Sacrifice
Samuel said this to Saul, “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.&…
3 min readRuss Sharrock
Jesus Honors Sacrifice
“I tell you the truth,” he said, “This poor widow has put in more than all the others. All these people gave their gifts out of their we…
2 min readGeoff Waugh
Sacrificial duck became a witnessing tool
Indonesia: How a sacrificial duck became a witnessing tool The leader of a Hindu temple in Indonesia needed a special duck to sacrifice to one of his gods, as a protection against disease. Then he …
2 min readVickie Munton
What Does God Want From Me?
It’s a question we all ask. One that I want to ask every.single.day. The question is, do I really need to? Do I believe that God is so much in control of my life, that I need to “check…
6 min readChristmas Count"Up" Day 16: He Showed us How to Give - Denise Pass
Hebrews 10:4-7 For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins. 5 So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me. 6 Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in. 7 “Then I said, ‘Here I am: I have come – […]
3 min readAnnika Björk
Isaiah 53:4 Jesus did not literally BEAR our sins on himself and in his body
Jesus did not literally BEAR our sins on himself or in his body Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet WE did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. …
15 min readPeggi Tustan
I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice | Matthew 9:13
Welcome to Real Life . The Pharisees believed they were serving God by zealously keeping the law, down to the last detail. Yet in doing s…
4 min readWhy did Jesus have to die on the Cross?
Leviticus 16:10 But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wild…
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