Thursday, October 30, 2014

Luke 10


In that same hour He rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and the learned and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure. All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal Him.” HCSB

Thursday, October 16, 2014

As goes the King, so goes the kingdom

Therefore, union with Christ is to be understood in covenantal terms. The Messiah not only saves; he is the corporate head of the people whom he represents and makes to share in the spoils of his victory. As goes the King, so goes the kingdom. As the firstfruits of the whole harvest, Jesus Christ is not merely an example to be imitated by his followers, but the head of a covenantal body to be incorporated into by the Spirit. Whatever is true concerning the King must also be true in principle concerning his people. This is what it means to be baptized into Christ.

Horton, Michael S. (2010-12-21). The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way (Kindle Locations 15814-15818). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

In Christ

Thus, union with God-in-Christ is not the goal to which the soul aspires in its striving ascent, but the freely-given communion that every believer enjoys from the very beginning. Believers live from this union, not toward it, and it is a forensic and relational reality: a communion of persons and their gifts rather than an exchange (much less fusion) of essences.

Horton, Michael S. (2010-12-21). The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way (Kindle Locations 15785-15787). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Isaiah 65


I was sought by those who did not ask;  I was found by those who did not seek Me. I said: Here I am, here I am, to a nation that was not called by My name. - HCSB

I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’ to a nation that did not invoke my name. - NET


I answered (< allowed myself to be sought by) those who did not ask (for me); I revealed myself to (< allowed myself to be found by) those who did not seek me. - Bruce K. Waltke and Michael P. O’Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Accordance electronic ed. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1990), 390.