2012 (74)
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God, the Family and the Fall
It was God who designed the family. But why? Answer: so that the family together could reflect His Triune being. Family life has been damaged by the Fall. But families still bear the mark of their designer - and families can be restored through Christ.
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The feast and the guests (14:1-24)
Jesus was invited to a feast at a Pharisee's home. The Pharisee assumed that he knew who was fit to sit at the table? But whom will God reckon fit to sit at the table in the feast of the kingdom?
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Yahweh is salvation
When God sent his Son into the world he announced that his name would be Jesus - Yeshua - Yahweh is salvation. Jesus: the name high over all!
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Yahweh Sabaoth
When Yahweh appeared to Joshua, he assured him that he had come as commander of a mighty army. Do we believe that Yahweh still leads his angels into battle? Do they still come to the aid of God's struggling people?
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A pharisee, a disfigured man, a Saviour (14:1-14)
How strange to find a disfigured at a pharisee's dinner party! There was no place for him in the pharisee's heart or at his table. Yet Jesus felt pity for this unclean man - and for every unclean sinner.