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Just then a man came up to Jesus and asked, “Teacher, what good thing must I do to get eternal life?” Matthew 19:16 niv Last time we considered that to be born again, the process of leaving behind the old life of sin and a heart that chooses to follow Jesus, begins with a miracleContinue reading “Come into the kingdom”

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” John 3:3 niv In our last musings we were considering being children of God, that because Jesus offered his life on our behalf we could come into relationship with God and it is our sin (ourContinue reading “Come into the family”

Luke 15:7 ‘I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent’. Over the past few months, we have come from Genesis through to Revelation seeing the promise of the offspring to come andContinue reading “Children of God”

‘Then I saw ‘a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. 2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. 3 And I heard a loudContinue reading “A time to come”

Full Justice As society we constantly demand justice, we don’t want anyone to get away with anything which we particularly deem unforgiveable.  There is something within us that cries out against the injustices we see in the world.  But, there seems to be a divide between our expectation of others and God’s expectation of us. Continue reading “Now and not yet”

The sacrifice needed to destroy sin and death would be provided for by God himself as shown throughout the Old Testament.  We see this particularly in the moment Abraham offered his Son Isaac to die (Genesis 22). God promised he alone would provide the sacrifice, this is a statement from God that mankind in andContinue reading “The great sacrifice”

John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.  In him was life, and the life was the light of men. Continue reading “The great separation”

So what does God do when humanity itself is harmful to God’s creation?  Did God not anticipate this flaw?  Did God himself include this flaw within humanity?  Is it now God’s responsibility to destroy humanity to protect the rest of creation?  Isn’t that what the serpent said God meant? Mankind’s greatest weakness In Genesis 3Continue reading “The redemption of humanity”

At the first wedding you get a real sense of a wonderful gift has been received, a longing has been quenched and a partnership has begun. Above all these wonders the greatest wonder for humanity is that the God who created them finds joy in them and desires to care, protect and provide for them. Continue reading “The rebellion of humanity”

For some of us we wonder why on earth did God make human beings? After all if it wasn’t for human beings then much of the world would still be perfect. That is because we haven’t fully understood God’s purpose in creating human beings. Genesis 2:7 ‘Then the LORD God formed a man from theContinue reading “The wonder of humanity”