Joshua 1:8

"...[B]ut you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success." (Joshua 1:8).

"You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me." (John 5:39).

"And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13).

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Matthew

Chapter 3

To start off the New Year, I couldn't think of a better way to get back to the heart of God than to study the life and teachings of God incarnate; Jesus Christ.  Picking up where we left off - the Christmas story - we'll focus the next few months on the reason God humbled himself by taking on our flesh, bearing our sins, carrying our cross, receiving our punishment, and ultimately defeating sin and death as we anticipate the coming Passover/Easter season.

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  1. MaryJanuary 8, 2013 at 10:00 AM

    I love that visual of a dove descending from the heavens. Beautiful.

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  2. JoshuaJanuary 8, 2013 at 1:49 PM

    Yes, I agree. The Spirit of Peace.

    This is the first blatant showcase of the Trinity.

    John's reaction to Jesus wanting to be baptized is probably how any of us would have reacted in his place. I'm sure John, just like every other Jew, was expecting Jesus to establish Himself as the rightful King. God had other plans.

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