The power of God is not the power to be more oppressive than the oppressor, but to take all that the oppressor can do, and give back love.
It is not just a message we proclaim, it is the person of Jesus—he is the embodiment of the kingdom.
All the nations of the world are being invited to participate in the salvation and justice that comes through Yahweh’s Servant.
Rather than pursuing the purpose for which he was created, Satan tried to divert Jesus to pursue pleasure for its own sake—and he does the same with us.
In times of uncertainty and doubt, where do we focus our gaze? Do we look to God?
When sin rules in human affairs, God’s justice is not to be found—which is why he stepped in to make things right.
God will not allow us to bask in some warm, fuzzy glow that does not face reality. If we choose to live without God, his shalom is an impossibility.
We live and produce divine fruit only because of our attachment to him, but it is through us that his fruit is picked by the world.
Jesus asked that God would glorify him in the last hour so that he could finish his task of glorifying God on earth by completing the work God had given him.
The Warrior promised to the Israelites is the Messiah himself, come to defeat sin in a climactic way.
God will not allow us to bask in some warm, fuzzy glow that does not face reality. If we choose to live without God, his shalom is an impossibility.
The end of the book of Isaiah teaches us that God himself will graciously enable us to fulfill the call to righteous living.
