21st Century Biblical Reflections – Page 161

Who is your tour guide? ∙

You can enter God’s Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose that way. – Matthew 7:13 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 15 Today, I am giving you a choice between life and death, between prosperity and disaster. 16 For I command you thisContinue reading “Who is your tour guide? ∙”

How majestic ∙

O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. – Psalms 8:1 Psalms 8:1-8 1 O LORD, our Lord, your majestic name fills the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! 3 When I look at the night sky and seeContinue reading “How majestic ∙”

Sound Beamer ∙

As I was on the road, approaching Damascus at about noon, a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed from heaven all around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” . . . The people with me saw the light but didn’tContinue reading “Sound Beamer ∙”

Selected and tasked ∙

Go, for he is my chosen instrument to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel. – Acts 9:15 Acts 9:10-16 10 Now, there was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, calling, “Ananias!” “Yes, Lord!” he replied. 11 The Lord said, “GoContinue reading “Selected and tasked ∙”

Death creds ∙

Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. – John 15:13 Hebrews 9:26-28 26 But now, once for all time, he has appeared at the end of the age to remove sin by his own death as a sacrifice. 28 Christ died once for all time asContinue reading “Death creds ∙”