June 30/09 Tues.: Romans 8:18-39, Glorious Freedom
Freedom, who really knows what that means? Americans know a sliver of it. Freedom is being free from what seems natural, guilt, bad decisions, from illness, from brokenness, from natural disasters, from natural death and spiritual death. Nature is groaning to be free along with our spiritual freedom. We [...]
June 29/09 Mon.: Romans 1:1-17, Called to belong to Jesus.
The book is introduced with a summary of salvation in Christ by faith. The Gentile Christians and the Jewish Christians are to be reconciled by Jesus and that righteousness comes from God through Christ Jesus and taken hold of by faith. Put yourself in Rome’s place! [...]
June 28/09, Sun.: Ezekiel 3: 12-27, Watchmen for each other.
After the commissioning of Ezekiel in the former passage we move to the sending. He is sent with God’s glory riding on the wings of God so to speak. He sits among his audience in silence overwhelmed. “I have made you a watchman, God proclaims. [...]
06/28/09, 11:00 AM, NCCN, Ezekiel 3:12-27 (867)
God speaks to us: Standing Guard
INTRODUCTION: If you have ever been on guard duty you know that the point of it is to be alert to the presence of the enemy. I remember being on guard duty with a couple of soldiers that I did not know because I [...]
June 27/09 Sat.: Ezekiel 2: 1-3:11, God’s call on us and to us.
This passage is a call to the prophet Ezekiel to speak to his own people.
Apparently he was sitting down and he is told to stand up. The Spirit of God raises him to his feet and he hears what God says. Standing up, [...]