Fellow Heirs
Training for reigning There are two things in [Romans 8:17] associated with being a fellow heir of Christ. The first is suffering and the second is glory. I am a state champion football player. I accomplished this wonderful feat in 1989 when...
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Fellowship with Christ
Do we yearn for His company? He longs for ours. Christianity is about sharing. People often focus on the importance of sharing with others, forgetting that, first and foremost, the gospel tells us of a God who shares with His redeemed...
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Messiah’s Song
We sing about Him because we love Him. In this, we’re not alone. From cover to cover, the Bible is replete with songs about the Son of God. I remember being at a youth conference once and hearing the speaker say,...
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Psalm 22
Here is the crucifixion in graphic detail, but also hints of the coming glory. Although each of the psalms 22, 23 and 24 portrays our Lord Jesus, each does so in a very different way. Psalm 22 mainly depicts Him as...
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Psalm 69
What the rejection of the Messiah meant to Him. The title of Psalm 69 identifies its human author as David1 but provides us with no historical context or background. Nor are there any internal clues to enable us to fix the...
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Messianic Psalms: An Overview
The messianic psalms are those psalms which specifically speak of Israel’s coming Messiah. It may be the entire psalm (e.g. Ps. 2; 110), a passage in the psalm (e.g. Ps. 16:8-11; 40:6-10), or even a single verse (e.g. Ps. 41:9;...
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A Promise and a Prayer
The Word x 2 The Lord Jesus used both water and seed as illustrations of the germinating and life-giving power of the Word. How do these work together? “As the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not thither,...
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