I and Love and You
“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”
- John 15:13
“Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned.”
- Song of Solomon 8:6-7
After reading, please feel free to listen to my full audio sharing below this text.
I came across a song a few days ago that caused me to reflect on the three words that seem to carry tremendous impact for everyone in this world - I and Love and You. I couldn’t help but reflect on my life and our Lord and how these words carry so much weight.
Firstly, I began to think about how we come to worship the Lord. Of course, worship to the Lord is more than music and one day of the week and is really about how we live everyday for Him. Love isn’t a part-time occupation nor a fanciful hobby nor an emotional roller coaster but is founded upon the sound understanding of something or someone and devotion to it. This prompts me to ask about what the core of worship is founded upon. Do we understand what we…
From shadow to substance: Jesus in the Old Testament
Key verse(s)/quote(s):
“The New Testament is the Old Testament revealed and the Old Testament is the New Testament concealed” - Anonymous
“The One who hung the earth in space, is Himself hung; the One who fixed the heavens in place is Himself firmly fixed to the tree… Through Whom the Father made the things which exist from the beginning of time.” - Melito (bishop of Sardis, died c. 180)
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)
Key takeaway(s):
- Christ is from everlasting to everlasting as clearly seen in the Old Testament and New Testament
- All fullness of Deity lives in bodily form in Christ (Colossians 2:9)
- All may honour the Son just as they honour the Father (John 5:23)
- This should give you confidence to contend for the faith that you have that is once and for all entrusted to you (Jude 3)
Overview:
This post is part 3 of a 3-part series of messages I had the pleasure of sharing at our 2010 church summer conference. The 2 additional components of this series overview the prophetic significance of both The Tabernacle (click here to read) and The Jewish Feasts (click here to read).
In the beginning was… Jesus. So often we find that the deity…
What do we have in common with bald chickens?
Dear Friends,
Today, I had a dear sister in Christ send me a light-hearted article as she knows that I sometimes like to read these random tidbits because I find them humorous or simply interesting. This particular article caught my attention because I couldn’t help but be reminded of the parallels of what Christ has done for us and the story of these helpless bald chickens.
I don’t intend to diminish Christ’s incomparable and amazing work of grace as it relates to my observations within this article. However, this heartening story of an anonymous “saviour” identifying a group of hatchery chickens to be saved without any reason or merit and bringing them to a “sanctuary”, a almost heavenly respite, is both touching and meaningful (not to be mistaken for anything “deep” 
). To top it off, the lady who runs this animal recovery safe haven is even named Shepherd haha…
- In the article (link below), you can read how the chickens had grown abnormally due to their confinement and developed habits and tendencies that were self-destructive - doesn’t that sound like our sinful nature as we sometimes try and adapt to fit into our “cage” (the world)?
- Their “saviour” had not clearly identified why these chickens were chosen to be saved but stated they were selected merely because he didn’t have to reach down or up and just grabbed them from the middle shelf of cages - and yet our Heavenly Father came down
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Did apes descend from us?
Hi Everyone,
Sorry for the delay since my last post. I have been quite busy with work, church service and recent happenings in my family life.
I am currently working on a study in response to a question I received with regards to the Creation vs. Evolution debate. Due to the complex nature of this dialogue I am taking my time conducting in-depth research and hope to post on this topic in the coming months. Beyond dealing with an academic debate on a topic such as evolution that seemingly provides a safe haven for atheists I find it interesting that sometimes we, as Christians (including myself), have not taken advantage of the persistent opportunities we have to educate those we know on how creation really took place and thus creating an evangelistic opportunity. If we can establish biblical creationism as a legitimate scientific explanation of the origins of the all that is created in effect we create a logic predicament for atheists - “If earth and man was created… well then who is the Creator?” And wouldn’t we all want to hear that question when we think about and pray for all the people we know who do not trust in one true triune God?
In the meantime I plan to post on a few others topics and also ask for your prayers as I prepare for my second opportunity to preach on a Sunday morning scheduled for October 18 (details on the Events Calendar on the main page of TiS). I also ask for all your prayers for my family…
