“He has blinded their eyes, and He hardened their hearts; lest they see with their eyes, and perceive with their hearts, and be converted, and I heal them.” John 12:40 quoting Isaiah 6:10. Changing Your Mind Converted – “Follow me.” But Jesus is going the opposite direction. “Lord, don’t you see where I’m heading. Look…
“there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them,” 2 Peter 2:1 The Rooster on the Steeple (3) Denying – Bad teaching denies Jesus. Most modern debates about doctrine involve this kind of denial. It’s important, but it’s not the only form of…
“If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” Mark 8:34 The Good Denial Deny – Same word. Very different verse. There is one sense where arneomai is just what we need. Denial is the basic attitude necessary for following Jesus. Without it, the rooster…
“They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, ” Titus 1:16 The Rooster on the Steeple (2) Deny – What kinds of deeds deny God? Did you think that the list only included morality issues? Paul quickly straightens out that limited view. The second kind of denial is the denial of…
“But whoever shall deny Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 10:33 The Rooster on the Steeple Deny – In the town of Huemoz sur Ollon, Switzerland, the local church has a rooster on the steeple. Not at cross. Why? Because people say what they believe…
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 God on Every Side Encircled – What good is a fence in the wilderness if it isn’t closed around the camp! If…
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 Where We Cry Howling waste – Have you ever been in the wilderness at night? Far from the man-made delusions of…
“He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye.” Deuteronomy 32:10 Where God Speaks Desert – Life in the house of God is not what the world imagines. Heaven on earth has very…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 God’s Version of Bigger and Better Great – What are the great things in your life? What things are most significant? What things are most important? God has something to say…
“Call to me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know.” Jeremiah 33:3 It’s Not What You Think Mighty – If you understood nagad (“tell” – see yesterday), then you are prepared for batsar. But it probably isn’t “mighty”. God promises to answer us…
