A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,Whose sin is covered.2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,And in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew oldThrough my groaning all the day long.4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah5 I...
The next few verses are, I think, some of the most moving verses you can see in the Bible and that’s hard to read them without crying yourself. But let’s read them. Genesis chapter 45: Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers...
A letter of support to our Jewish neighbours and Christian testimony from Israel.
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. 35 For I have come to ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law’; 36 and ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 He who loves father or mother more...
Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
Matthew 12.32
Another important thing is that the Word of God also teaches us how to treat people and I think that’s very important today because we live in a time when everything has been upended. We’ve got all these restrictions, we’ve got the pandemic, people are fearful. You’ve got all these social justice and civil movements rising up and it all seems to be very angry and...
For it pleased the Father
that in Him all the fullnessshould dwell, and by Him
to reconcile all thingsto Himself, by Him,
whether things on earth
or thingsin heaven, having made peace
through the blood ofHis cross.
Colossians 1.19-20
the Son of His love,
in whom we have redemption
through His blood,
the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 1.13-14
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day ofredemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, and evil speaking be put away fromyou, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another,even as God in Christ forgave you.Ephesians 5.30-32
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