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Easter 2 Looking Backward in Order to Look Forward

Easter 2 Looking Backward in Order to Look Forward

The point of the Resurrection is to put the final seal of approval on the life, the claims and the identity of Jesus. In other words we look back in order to look ahead. This is a brief Scriptural overview of His identity, His claims and what He did, from John and Luke.

First, His identity

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Just who Is Jesus anyway? Jesus’ Resurrection must have sent the disciples and everyone else clamoring for words He said,… Continue

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He is Risen!

He is Risen! The Lord is Risen Indeed! Hallelujah!!!

The stone rolled away, the empty tomb, the neatness of the collapsed grave clothes, the appearance of angels, Jesus speaking to Mary Magdalene, His many appearances, the beginning and growth in the hearts and numbers of His followers, the changed world after and His still emblazoned touch on the present.

What happened 2000 years ago is still happening in the hearts and minds of those who believe He is not only risen and… Continue

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The Cross and the Resurrection

The Accomplishment of the Cross and the Resurrection

Rarely, if ever, do you hear a sermon about God’s wrath. This is the ‘feel good’ age when we look for love and happiness without accountability. If anything was obvious to the people of God in the Old Testament it was the fury and wrath of God against sin and evil. Everything physical was read as having God’s hand in it in some way especially when it came to weather, prosperity and disease. Good crops, healthy children and… Continue

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Lent 23 The Cross and Death, Between Good Friday and Easter

Lent 23 The Cross and Death

Between Good Friday and Easter is today’s burden to place at the foot of the Cross. Why did Jesus die and just what did He embrace on the Cross? His last words tell us a whole lot. What He embraced was sin in all of its dimensions, its intent, its content, its extent and its power. Look at each one closely and ponder them.

The First Word

My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?

Forsakenness.

The forsakenness that Jesus experienced… Continue

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From Larry O'Connell

My own physician explained some of this to me a while back, as he commented on the nail cross I wear at times. It can be a difficult read.

Medical Aspects of The Crucifixion:

The Agony of Love

by Dr. Mark Eastman

On the evening before His crucifixion Jesus was gathered with His disciples in the upper room, sharing with them some of the most intimate truths of His entire ministry. As He discussed the love of the Father and His love for His disciples he… Continue

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Lent 22 The Cross and Now

Lent 22 The Cross and Now ---Good Friday---

You don’t realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand. Jn.13:7

Now that you know these things…Jn.13:17

I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am He. Jn.13:19

Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in Him and if God is glorified in Him, God will glorify the Son in Himself, and will glorify Him at once. Jn.13:31-32.

Now [Father] they know… Continue

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Lent 21

Lent 21 The Cross, Mind and Power, Fourth Day

The Cross The Mind The Power

The Way The Truth The Life

Trust Belief Faith

We apprehend the image of the Cross.

We comprehend its meaning.

We contend under its authority.

This is the pattern the Cross gives us to set our daily course:

By the Cross we are rescued from the world back to God.

In the Cross we find the truth about God and the world.

With the Cross we move under God back… Continue

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Lent 20 More on the Cross and the Mind

Lent 20 More on the Cross and the Mind, Fourth Day

Jesus asked the Pharisees, “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is he?” (Matt.22:42).

This question comes after three confronting groups of Pharisees and Sadducees try to put Jesus down intellectually. The Pharisees' goal was to trap Him in regard to paying taxes and which of the commandments was the greatest. The Sadducees tried to get Him about the Resurrection. His answers amazed and silenced both.… Continue

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Lent 19

Lent 19 Pondering the Meaning of the Cross During Holy Week, Third Day

The Cross and the Mind

The best place to start our look at the mind is with Jesus’ answer to the Pharisees when questioned as to which was the greatest commandment, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind (Matt.22:37).” It seems that Jesus was indicating the heart and soul set the path for the mind. Mark 7:21 quotes Jesus, “For from within, out of men’s hearts come evil thoughts…” He… Continue

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Lent 18

Lent 18 Pondering the Meaning of the Cross During Holy Week, Second Day

The Cross and Strongholds

Jesus calls us to live under the authority of the Cross. To do that we need to go back to the Beatitudes because they are the direct application of the Cross to our hearts. The Cross is the key to understanding the purpose of the Beatitudes. Through the Cross the Beatitudes become keys Jesus gives us to unlock the unseen. Therein lies part of the reason we are called the Kingdom’s… Continue

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Lent 17 Pondering the Meaning of the Cross During Holy Week, First Day

Lent 17 Pondering the Meaning of the Cross During Holy Week, First Day

In Jesus’ time the Cross was used by the Roman Empire as an instrument of fear and death. Only Rome had the authority to exact capital punishment and the cross became the preferred form used for non-Romans because of its public agony and personal humiliation. Roman citizens however, were seen as being above all non-Romans. So they, except in extreme cases of treason, were subjected to more ‘honorable’ forms of… Continue

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Lent 16 The Cross and Beyond

Lent 16 The Cross and Beyond

“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”---Mt.16:24

There is no configuration of lines, figures or symbols that embraces existence like the Cross. It points to two realities, the seen and the unseen. What we take in with our eyes is the horizontal dimension of the physical universe in all its grandeur, the cross beam. What we take in with our hearts is from the unseen, that which motivates us,… Continue

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Lent 15 When It All Starts Getting Personal

Lent 15 Matt.5;11

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in Heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Now is when the full impact of the Beatitudes, their progressive buildup, climaxes in the individual heart. Up until now they have been objectified in the third person, ‘blessed are those.’ It is as though Jesus… Continue

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Lent 14 When the World Turns Against You

Lent 14 Matt.5;10

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Righteousness, being right with God, self and others, will lead to some kind of persecution be it open or subtly disguised. Faith that makes one peaceful within can be a threat because it defies being controlled by the usual secular forces. Faith builds integrity and integrity builds confidence in spite of circumstance. This progression is part of the heart… Continue

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Gems of Jesus

Gems of Jesus Matt.6:19-21

"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Earthly treasures, heavenly treasures and the heart lies in between. One you see, the other you don’t. One calls from without, the other from… Continue

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Lent 13 Peace, Real Peace

Lent 13 Matt.5:9

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Isaiah 32:17-18 “The fruit of righteousness will be peace; the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever. My people will live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest.”

Of course the prime example of peace is Jesus. There is no moment in Jesus’ life when He was not at peace. Whether it was alone in the wilderness temptations, the… Continue

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Lent 12 From Heart to Hand

Lent 12 Matt.5:8

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

Who are the pure in heart? How does one know if his heart is pure? Is a pure heart attainable? These questions are obviously in the front of any mind that seeks to be one with God, settled within and trusted by others. David knew the answer when he wrote, “Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an… Continue

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Lent 11 Matt.5:7 The Call to Mercy

Lent 11 Mt.5:7

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

The Beatitudes measure our spiritual accountability. Step by step, they give us a progress report on the state of our heart as it is being restored to its originally intended image and likeness of God.

The first Beatitude about spiritual poverty is the foundation upon which each of the succeeding Beatitudes builds on the one before. It’s like showing your passport going from one country to… Continue

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Lent 10 Real Hunger and Thirst

Lent 10 Mt.5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they will be filled.

“We’ve got to get it right. We don’t want to act before we have all our ducks in a row. We have to be well organized. We have to make sure we get it right.” The consuming concern at a recent organizational meeting was expressed in these statements. This group, by the way, has been meeting for three years. Unfortunately, they will never get ‘it’ right whatever right is in… Continue

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Lent 9 Matt.5:5 Glory in Meekness

Lent 9 Matt.5:5

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Before we get into meekness one more word needs to be said about mourning. Like guilt we mourn for ourselves and, separated from God, we mourn over our inability to control situations. So one of the clues to understanding the Beatitudes is to see them in sequence. One leads to the other and gets to the core mass of our hearts. The first one, ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’ calls for us to recognize how much… Continue

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