Spiritual Aerodynamics

Scripture Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. ~Romans 8:2, NIV Quote Jesus deserved life and got death: we deserve death and yet by His grace, we get life. ~Ya’akov {Concept from Keller} Paul mentions two laws in Romans 8:2,…

Free From The Law

Scripture But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power.  ~Romans 7:6, NLT Quote Now we are free—there’s no condemnation; Jesus provides a perfect salvation. ~Fanny Crosby Lets say you have spent most of your adult life in prison and then you…

In A Quandary

Scripture Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. ~Hebrews 13:2, NIV Quote Well done is better than well said. ~Benjamin Franklin I’m very uncomfortable in a quandary, a state of perplexity or uncertainty, when I have no real clue as…

Can Love Cover?

Scripture Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. ~1 Peter 4:8, NIV Quote Love does not seek it’s own; it is not selfish and it always cast the other person is the best possible light. ~Timothy Keller No amount of human love can atone for sin so what…

Romans Six

Scripture For we know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. ~Romans 6:6, NIV Quote Sin not only pays in death, it holds us in bondage and only Christ can set us free.…

No Gloating!

Scripture Do not gloat when your enemy falls;  when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice. ~Proverbs 24:17, NIV Quote Gloating is the celebration of unrighteous anger. ~Timothy Keller Have you ever read a passage or verse and then thought to yourself, “I am innocent.” When I think of gloating, the image that comes…

Empire Building

Scripture Worthless now is the thing for which people toiled; nations wore themselves out for a mere nothing. ~Jeremiah 51:58, REB Quote Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. ~Solomon Jeremiah was some kind of prophet. Although he never sat foot in Babylon, he sent a letter by Currier…

Amazing Grace

Scripture For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God. ~Ephesians 2:8, NRSV Quote Everything is a gift. ~Ya’akov I didn’t get to finish my sermon last Sunday; it was too long so I left the third point out. A milk stool…

Anger

Scripture Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. ~Ephesians 4:26-27, NRSV Quote The only way to be angry and not sin is to be angry with sin. ~Matthew Henry Anger is and of itself is not evil. Jesus…

Clouds

Scripture He causes the clouds to rise over the earth.He sends the lightning with the rainand releases the wind from his storehouses. ~Jeremiah 51:16, NLT Quote Dark clouds of affliction and trails are but God’s vehicles of blessings sent to soften our hearts and make them fruitful and useful to Him. ~L.B. Cowman Sérgio Vieira de Mello…