“I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord...”
—2 Kings 20:5b
After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
—Hosea 6:2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
—John 1:1, 4
“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.”
—John 5:26
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
—John 10:10
If Jeremiah were alive today, his opponents would call his message "fake news" and "hate speech". His message was not fake; it was the word of the Lord. His opponents rejected it because it didn't support their agenda. His message was not hate; it was an urgent plea for a divided nation and a corrupt culture to turn from a path of self-inflicted disaster.
Jesus reminded those who challenged Him that when the devil lies, he “speaks out of his own character”.
When the Lord (who identified Himself to Moses as "I AM") gives existence, He gives out of His own existence, because He is existence. When the Lord gives life, He does so out of His own nature, because He has life in Himself. When He speaks truth, He speaks out of His own character, because He is “the way, and the truth and the life”. When He gives love, He gives out of Himself, because “God is love.”
Human voices of anger and contempt and falsehood, human actions of stealing and killing and destruction, speak and act according to the character that motivates them. They, like the Israelites in Judges who did what was right in their own eyes, are following the path that Proverbs describes as seeming right but leading to death. Fake freedom and false life.
Human hearts that humbly seek the Lord, His path, and His peace are seeking to be revived and raised, to live before Him, and to share His life.
True Life
What man is there who desires life
and loves many days, that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil
and your lips from speaking deceit.
Turn away from evil and do good;
seek peace and pursue it.
—Psalm 34:12-14
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light.
—Psalm 36:9
“I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord...”
—2 Kings 20:5b
After two days he will revive us;
on the third day he will raise us up,
that we may live before him.
—Hosea 6:2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
—John 1:1, 4
“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.”
—John 5:26
“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”
—John 10:10
If Jeremiah were alive today, his opponents would call his message "fake news" and "hate speech". His message was not fake; it was the word of the Lord. His opponents rejected it because it didn't support their agenda. His message was not hate; it was an urgent plea for a divided nation and a corrupt culture to turn from a path of self-inflicted disaster.
Jesus reminded those who challenged Him that when the devil lies, he “speaks out of his own character”.
When the Lord (who identified Himself to Moses as "I AM") gives existence, He gives out of His own existence, because He is existence. When the Lord gives life, He does so out of His own nature, because He has life in Himself. When He speaks truth, He speaks out of His own character, because He is “the way, and the truth and the life”. When He gives love, He gives out of Himself, because “God is love.”
Human voices of anger and contempt and falsehood, human actions of stealing and killing and destruction, speak and act according to the character that motivates them. They, like the Israelites in Judges who did what was right in their own eyes, are following the path that Proverbs describes as seeming right but leading to death. Fake freedom and false life.
Human hearts that humbly seek the Lord, His path, and His peace are seeking to be revived and raised, to live before Him, and to share His life.
Abundant, true life.