“The most powerful weapon for silencing the mouth of the world is not brilliant theological apologetics, but the practice of a holy life that resembles Jesus Christ.” “Now it happened, as Jesus went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely. And behold, there was a certain man before Him who had dropsy. And Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, ‘Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?’ But they kept silent. And He took him and healed him, and let him go. Then He answered them, saying, ‘Which of you, having a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a pit, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath day?’ And they could not answer Him regarding these things” (Luke 14:1–6). (1) As I meditated on today’s passage, Luke 14:1–6, the phrase that first caught my attention was: “they were watching Him clos...
The Word became flesh (5) [John 1:1-4, 9-14] Why did God the Son, “the Word,” become “flesh” (man)? What is its purpose? Its purpose is threefold: (1) To dwell among us, (2) To be the mediator between God and us, (3) To be peace offerings. The first purpose for God the Son, “the Word,” to become “flesh” (man) is to dwell among us. Look at John 1:14a – “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us ….” Here, the word 'dwell' means 'to pitch a tent' or 'to live in a tent'. In the Old Testament, the first passage in which the word “dwell” appears is Genesis 4:20 – “ Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have liv...