Therefore ….. let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross,...
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the Cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. 1 Peter 2:24 NASB 1995 The heart of salvation is the Cross of Jesus Christ. It is the place where God and sinful man met with a...
My Lord, I marvel that, fully God, you also became fully man, and were willingly crucified on a Roman Cross for my sins. The empty tomb calls forth my adoring wonder, for thou art indeed risen. The four-fold gospel attests it, the living witnesses prove it, and my...
A Day Like Any Other It is the Jewish Sabbath. The city is quiet. The air above the city lacks the usual thousand little trails of smoke from cookfires. Hymns rise from the temple. Families are indoors. The soldiers are back in their barracks. The Chief Priest grows...
God showed His love for us in that, while we were still sinners, the Lamb of God died on the Cross for us. Therefore, since we are now acquitted and brought into right relationship with God by Christ’s blood, how much more certain is it that we shall be saved by Him...