Behold, The Grace and Truth of Jesus Christ – Chuck Vuolo
Christ was never unbalanced by being too hard and ungracious, or by being fearful and not saying a hard truth when it was needed to be said.
Christ was never unbalanced by being too hard and ungracious, or by being fearful and not saying a hard truth when it was needed to be said.
Hebrews 11:1 says faith is the “conviction of things NOT SEEN” Hebrews 11:8 says Abraham “went out, NOT KNOWING where he was going.”
We have one hope before this God who is awful and majestic. And it is to hide our unholiness under the blood of Christ, and to hide in the shadow of the Cross.
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6
God does not play to the relativistic thinking of our day. God does have absolutes. There is only one opinion that matters and it’s not our opinion, it’s God’s. God knows what pleases Him and He says there is one way to please me, and that is “if you would come to Me, you draw near to me with faith.”
One of the heresies that was going on, during the time 1 John was written, was that some were saying Jesus Christ could not have actually been a man in the flesh.
When you sin you are turning away from a husband that has been faithful to you all the days of your life, that has clothed you, washed you and who will never leave you nor forsake you…
And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”