Paneas and the Cross

But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things that are of God, but those that are of men.” Matthew 16:23 There is more to be said in that last phrase you are not mindful of the things that …

Continue reading Paneas and the Cross

Paneas and Sacrifice

But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things that are of God, but those that are of men." Matthew 16:23 This is a startling and sharp rebuke to Peter. It is evidence of His emotionally humanistic conception. Because …

Continue reading Paneas and Sacrifice

Judgy Christians Judging Angels?

Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to the law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Do you not know that we shall …

Continue reading Judgy Christians Judging Angels?

What Seems to be Vengeance Becomes a Beautiful Picture of Redemption

So these things will be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.Numbers 35:29 — Modern English Version (Thinline Edition.; Lake Mary, FL: Passio, 2014) Moses by direction from God had just given established the idea of sanctuary cities. These are places where someone who accidentally kills another …

Continue reading What Seems to be Vengeance Becomes a Beautiful Picture of Redemption

Those Who are Sanctified are All of One

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that should come to you have inquired and searched diligently, seeking the events and time the Spirit of Christ, who was within them, signified when He foretold the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. It was revealed to them that they were not …

Continue reading Those Who are Sanctified are All of One

Especially to Those Who Believe

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.1 Timothy 4:10 — Modern English Version (Thinline Edition.; Lake Mary, FL: Passio, 2014) Sometimes, Scripture is very precise in what is being said. Many times, that …

Continue reading Especially to Those Who Believe

A Word to the Wise: How to Known When to Present Yourself at the Opening of the Womb.

The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up. The pains of childbirth come for him. He is an unwise son, for he does not present himself at the opening of the womb.Hosea 13:12–13 — Modern English Version (Thinline Edition.; Lake Mary, FL: Passio, 2014) God is patient and kind. These ideas …

Continue reading A Word to the Wise: How to Known When to Present Yourself at the Opening of the Womb.