“The LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14) God is infinitely jealous for the honor of his name, and responds with terrible wrath against those whose hearts should belong to him but go after other things. For example, in Ezekiel 16:38–40 he says to faithless Israel, I will judge you as […]
00Philip Holderhttp://www.hoperoadnazarene.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hrn-logo-520x140-1.pngPhilip Holder2015-10-21 01:33:322015-10-21 01:33:32FEAR AND HOPE IN GOD'S JEALOUSY
“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” (John 15:7) Prayer pursues joy in fellowship with Jesus and in the power to share his life with others. And prayer pursues God’s glory by treating him as the inexhaustible reservoir of hope and […]
“…so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:7) One of the Bible’s most astonishing image of Christ’s second coming is in Luke 12:35–37, which pictures the return of a master from a marriage feast. “Stay dressed for action and […]
FEAR AND HOPE IN GOD'S JEALOUSY
/in Steadfast Hope“The LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Exodus 34:14) God is infinitely jealous for the honor of his name, and responds with terrible wrath against those whose hearts should belong to him but go after other things. For example, in Ezekiel 16:38–40 he says to faithless Israel, I will judge you as […]
PLAN FOR PRAYER
/in Steadfast Hope“If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” (John 15:7) Prayer pursues joy in fellowship with Jesus and in the power to share his life with others. And prayer pursues God’s glory by treating him as the inexhaustible reservoir of hope and […]
THE MASTER SERVANT
/in Steadfast Hope“…so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:7) One of the Bible’s most astonishing image of Christ’s second coming is in Luke 12:35–37, which pictures the return of a master from a marriage feast. “Stay dressed for action and […]