Why all the cloak-and-dagger stuff? If you’re Jesus and claiming to be the Son of God, why didn’t you just come out and say it right away? Why all the subtleties and parables, with the caveat of “he who has ears to hear, let him hear.” Why all the secrecy? Well, after doing some digging, it turns out He may have had good reasons for doing it that way. Much of the secrecy and subtlety had at least something to do with human emotions and motivations. Let’s start in John 6, when
“Jesus did not claim to be God in the Bible.” What was your first reaction to that statement? I didn’t believe it either. Then I started thinking: “Let’s dig into this a little bit.” Jesus didn't claim to be God? Let's go to the Word and find out the Truth. This subject was the focus during a recent lesson at the Kingdom Fit Bible College, where I’m taking some Bible classes. A common claim by Muslims is that Jesus “didn’t say He was God in the Bible.” Well, it turns out, He
Sometimes the shortest lines are the most memorable! "Repent…and thou shalt be SAVED!” Such a funny line in Ace Ventura Two. Jim Carrey channeled his inner Charlton Heston from the 1956 film “The Ten Commandments.” While that line still makes me giggle, it’s actually a very important concept that doesn’t get enough time in the pulpits of many churches in the Western Hemisphere. Let’s talk about one of the most basic tenets of faith. “Repent, and thou shalt be saved.” Clearly,
I never understood it when I heard people talk about the God of the Old Testament being different from the God of the New Testament. Well, I recently took a deeper dive into the Old Testament, and I’m starting to understand where the impression comes from. It started for me in the early chapters of the Book of Joshua, as the Israelites were set to attack Jericho. On the seventh day, they marched around the walls, which were estimated to be up to 30 feet high and 20 feet thick
