Love-Cross-check!

Ready for a CROSS-CHECKING exercise?

1 Corinthians 13 is a perfect description of Jesus!

Does it have a shadow in the scriptures of the old covenant?

You can read the whole of this love chapter by substituting Love's other Name wherever the word "love" or "charity" (KJV) is used with the Word "Jesus".

It makes a whole lot of sense if you do, doesn't it?

Who is Jesus? Lego.

Our confession of who Jesus is, is oftentimes tainted, twisted and corrupted because of our traditions and beliefs formed through the man-made doctrine of the institutional church.

So many times have I heard people saying that it was Jesus who allowed some devastating event to happen in our lives so that that person could grow in faith and emerge a stronger person.

That is sick!

Pesach again?

Pesach is not Easter

The Jewish feast of Pesach is on again.

So are many other similar feasts and rituals that celebrate similar events and man-made traditions - see here.

… and somehow Christians feel obligated to celebrate one, if not a man-made cooked-up version of these feasts.

Easter-celebrating Christians will not be looking at the Jewish dates this year since the Passover is not aligned to the feast of Pesach (see here). 

Easter is not Pesach

How then, is the date for Easter determined on the Western calendar?

Task-master or Close-Companion? Paraklētos

It is amazing how we sometimes attribute functions and characteristics to the Holy Spirit that are simply not true. These characteristics are far divorced and distant from the kind and beautiful character of our Abba and Jesus Himself.

The Holy Spirit is not the One who reminds you of your bad, sinful past!

Thoroughly acquainted?

Paul is the apostle of Grace. Look how he greats the Colossian Christians by reminding them that they have a Hope, an Inheritance laid up in heaven for them. He says in Col 1:6:

It is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth.

Do you have an icon - eikōn?

What is an icon?

Today we use the word icon mainly to refer to a person or thing held in high regard and/or as a representative symbol worthy of reverence ... or as an emblem for the very thing it signifies and gives value to. We have sports icons, heroes as iconic figures, iconic moments in history, etc.

Eating is believing!

Why did Jesus tell us to eat His body?

What is the significance of eating?

How did eating bring Adam to fall?

Is there a wrong and right way of eating?

... and what is the tree in all this?

Celebrate Purim? Hadassah and Grace

If there is one story in the Bible that you should never stop reading until the very end, it is the breathtaking story of Esther with its multitude of hidden treasures.

Esther is the drama and the shadow of another story at a grand and perfect scale - the Eternal King's redemption plan for all man-kind, a life-giving truth with joy unspeakable and pleasures forevermore!

Pûrîm is a lesser Jewish festival held in spring (14 or 15 Adar on the Hebrew calendar - 24-25 March 2016).

lâ'âh - weary ...

How many times have you been told in 'church' to do this and do that so that this or that might fall in place ... in order that you be obedient - law-talk "if this, then that" "if not, then something else"...

Computer programmers know this well as the syntax (computer language-code - law) that makes a program to respond in a fixed way. Legislation drafters know this mechanism that forces people to act in a certain prescribed way ...

Why did God create man then?

My spirit just so resonates with what I read in this quote:

When the Bible says, “God blessed Man,” the word used is the word Baw-rak, an estimation of value term which can be defined as an act of adoration such as kneeling or falling on your knees in wonder or amazement at the perfection of beauty. It is an indication of when someone is entirely overwhelmed and in awe. Mankind was “very good”or exceptionally enjoyable. (from: Chase Aderhold and Rudi Louw in their book titled: "God's Love For You! Study Guide")

Truely, God marvels over you with joy!