Unveiling Jesus Blogs
13: The Mixture
Today nobody in the church preaches pure law. What they preach is a mixture, and it goes something like this: “Try to be as kind and loving and patient and faithful and disciplined as you can, but if you fail, remember that God still loves you. Now get back up and do better. Here are…
14: The Woman Caught In Adultery
There is no more beautiful story of the amazing grace of Jesus than the account of the woman caught in adultery. The story began as Jesus was confronted by the Pharisees who threw this adulteress at Him in the temple courtyard. They used the occasion to test Him as to whether or not He would…
15: Walking In the Light
“I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8:12)1 Before the cross, Jesus implored the people to follow Him to the cross where He would die their death, and then they would enter into His resurrection life. Since the cross,…
16: Caught Red-handed
When my son was a little boy, I walked in on him watching a television program that would fall in the category of what we referred to as a “bad show.” It was a “teenager” show where the kids were disrespectful, and the adults were portrayed as fools. As I approached my son, the screen…
17: “I am willing. Be cleansed.”
In Matthew 8 we see the beautiful story of Jesus touching a leper and healing him. Jesus was coming down the mountain after preaching the Sermon on the Mount, and the leper stopped Him and worshipped Him. And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me…
18: God Demonstrated His Love
God Demonstrated His Love. At one time every single one of us was a sinner, darkened in our understanding, and alienated from the life of God. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet perhaps for a good…
19: God Is Not Counting Our Sins Against Us
At one time we darkened in our understanding, alienated from the life of God. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die, yet perhaps for a good man, someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own…
20: He Became A Curse For Us
He became a curse for us. Galatians 3:13 tells us that Jesus became a curse for us when He became sin on the cross. He didn’t have to ask for the curse to come on Him; He became the curse that we deserved because He became our sin. The curse was simply attracted to our…
21: God’s Not Mad
In the context of the detailed description of Jesus’ work on our behalf in Isaiah 53, in the very next chapter of Isaiah, God swore that because of that great act of intercession, He will never be angry with us again. With a little wrath, I hid My face from you for a moment; but…
22: God’s Enduring Covenant
When bad things happen to us or when we do bad things, we need to hang on to the truth that God is not mad at us. God has made an enduring covenant with us and wants us to rest in His presence and in His love. He will never be angry with us —…
23: The Conviction of the Holy Spirit
The conviction of the Holy Spirit. If God is not angry with us, then what does the Holy Spirit convict us of? Isn’t His job to tell us that God is not pleased with us? We talk about the Holy Spirit convicting us of our sins, but what does the Bible say? And what sins…
24: Does Sin Matter To God?
We have been declared innocent in the courtroom of heaven, and the Holy Spirit is here to remind us that we have been made righteous. However, this doesn’t mean the Holy Spirit isn’t there to help us when temptation comes. He loves us and wants to protect us and others from being hurt by our…