SCRIPTURE: Exodus 27 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. [John 3:20]. Imagine someone designing an x-ray that would expose all our inner thoughts, feelings and secrets. Would you step behind that x-ray, and allow your heart to be revealed? Would…
beware permanent buildings
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 26 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. The curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. [Mark 15:37-38] Our family enjoys camping, we have owned several tent trailers. One thing for sure, canvas is fragile and fades with age. If God wanted to build a permanent temple, a…
one dot at a time
Apparently God is rebuilding this world one dot at a time. He could have snapped His fingers and immediately changed the world. Instead He is “painting” a better world through individuals transformed by His love. Every person transformed by His love becomes a kingdom dot… their lives a collection of dots. And taken together, your…
tenting with God
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 25 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. [John 1:14] The actual word for “his dwelling among us” is ‘tabernacled’. The tabernacle was a symbol of God living among…
I said a prayer for you today
I said a prayer for you today and know God must have heard, I felt the answer in my heart although He spoke no word. I didn’t ask for wealth or fame, I knew you wouldn’t mind. I asked Him to send treasures of a far more lasting kind. I asked that He’d be near…
glowing with God
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 24 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendour, talking with Jesus. [Luke 9:29-31] Jesus has a similar mountaintop experience as Moses, but there is something greater about Jesus. Moses spent time…
listen to Jesus!
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 23 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’ [Matthew 17:5] Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of God’s promise to send His angel along the way and to bring…
what is the Jesus life?
The Jesus life is another way of saying the ethic by which Jesus lived. The character and morality that shaped and directed His daily decisions and actions. Jesus words in Matthew 5-7 not only describe how we are to live, but how He lived – the Jesus life. This ethic is described elsewhere in the bible,…
the law fulfilled
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 22 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. [Matthew 5:18] Jesus fulfills the law. He brings it to its proper conclusion. He satisfies it’s demands. He represents all…
Jesus greater than the law
SCRIPTURE: Exodus 21 OBSERVATION/APPLICATION: ‘Why then’” they asked, ‘did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?’ Jesus replied, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. [Matthew 19:7-8] Confession time, there are some laws here…