Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
Now to the King … invisible…
Summary: I was going to write this meditation in invisible ink, but I didn’t think anyone would get the joke. 🙂
To a blind man, everything is invisible. Everything.
Continue reading “1 Timothy 1:17c – The Invisible King”
… and he began to teach them.
Summary: Jesus is more than a man. People who meet him face-to-face are looking into the eyes of the being who made everything.
In Part I, we looked at Jesus’ divine nature and the fact that he is God. Yet, somehow, Jesus is more. Other religions lay claim to stories about how the world was made, but only one man was ever said to have created the world. Jesus’ disciple, John, describes Jesus this way:
Continue reading “Matthew 5: 2 — Who is Jesus? Part II — Creator”The Son is the image of the invisible God …
Summary: The image of something invisible can be a difficult concept to grasp.
Continue reading “Colossians 1:15a – A Life We Can’t See”… on earth as it is in heaven.
Summary: Jesus compares earth and heaven in a way that only he can. It is a teaching moment that illuminates who Jesus is as well as where he is from.
Continue reading “Matthew 6:10 – Boloney!”The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed…
Summary: The Bible talks about a lot of things, many of which are invisible. Describing something that exists without physical form or substance is a challenge. Fortunately for us, God is undaunted by challenges!
Continue reading “Luke 17:20-21 – Plain Speaking”
… for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
So what is the point of having faith in Jesus? Why would anyone want to believe in someone that they cannot see? Well, the answer it turns out has to do with something else we cannot see; the salvation of our souls.
Two days ago, in the post, “Testimony,” I shared the short version of how I came to believe in Jesus. Along the way, I had to come to believe in “all things visible and invisible” as it says in the Nicene Creed. One thing I firmly believe in is the existence of my soul. If I were no more than a stalk of celery or a blade of grass I wouldn’t care what happens to me. But I do care. I care a lot. And the fact that we care about what happens to us sets you and me apart from almost everything else in Creation.
Continue reading “1 Peter 1:9 — Random Thoughts”