“The message of the prophets is not, ‘Israel has sinned; therefore, Israel needs to get its act together or it will die.’ The message is… ‘Israel has sinned; Israel is already dead. Cling to the God who raises the dead.’”
—Peter Leithart
Captured and Captivated for the Blessing of the Nations (Deuteronomy 10:12-22)
God is Faithful to Sustain His Mission (Genesis 50:15-21, Exodus 1:6-7)
“Neither the nature of any created thing, therefore, nor the weakness of the flesh, can prevail against the will of God. For God is not subject to created things, but created things to God; and all things yield obedience to His will.”
—Irenaeus
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Go, for the Blessing of the Nations (Genesis 12:1-3)
“The love and power of God must address not only the sin of individuals but also the strife and striving of nations; not only the need of human beings but also the suffering of animals and the curse of the ground…What can God do next? Something that only God could have thought of. He sees an elderly, childless couple in the land of Babel and decides to make them the fountainhead, the launch pad of his whole cosmic redemption. We can almost hear the sharp intake of breath among the heavenly hosts when the astonishing plan is revealed.”
—Christopher Wright, The Mission of God
If We Love Jesus, Fear is Replaced with Peace and Joy (John 14:25-31)
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“As a man, looking steadfastly on a dial, cannot perceive the shadow move at all, yet viewing it after a while, he shall perceive that it hath moved; so, in the hearing of the Word, but especially in the receiving of the Lord's Supper, a man may judge even his own faith, and other graces of God, to be little or nothing increased, neither can he perceive the motion of God's Spirit in him at that time; yet by the fruits and effects thereof, he shall afterward perceive that God's Spirit hath little by little wrought greater faith and other graces in him.”
—Daniel Cawdray
Consequences of Loving Jesus (John 14:15-24)
“Come, our conscience to relieve from each sin remembered. Come, our savior’s blood to plead; naked we surrender. Sin hath left a wound revealing; Spirit, help us with your healing.”
—Come, O Spirit, by Isaac Wardell
Seeing the Father (John 14:8-14)
“The Father and the Son are so perfectly one in their mutual indwelling that when we listen to the words of Jesus and attend to his works, we are coming to see God, and it is therefore futile and irrelevant to look elsewhere.”
—Lesslie Newbigin
The Way to the Father (John 14:1-7)
“What can strip the seeming beauty, from the idols of the earth? Not a sense of right or duty, but the sight of peerless worth.”
— Ora Rowan, Hast thou Heard Him, Seen Him, Known Him
Living as Disciples of Jesus (John 13:31-38)
“My entire hope is exclusively in your very great mercy. Grant what you command, and command what you will.”
—Augustine of Hippo, Confessions X.29
The Anatomy of Betrayal (John 13:21-32)
“The company of Jesus’ friends who have accepted (even if uncomprehending) the washing of their feet by their Lord and Master have made the decisive turn. But among them there is one who remains in the service of the power of this age. There is treason in the very heart of the Church, and Jesus knows it and has known it from the beginning. His disciples must know it too, and be forewarned against the collapse of faith.”
—Leslie Newbigin, The Light Has Come