Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Galatians 3’

>Abraham’s Blessing Like a Football

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on November 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »

>

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get … unto a land that I will shew thee: And … I will bless thee … and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. – Genesis 12:1-3

Abram (later called Abraham) is significant for many reasons, not the least of which is his “Blessing”. God made promises to Abraham which were to be passed from one person to the next.

His “Blessing” wasn’t passed to all Abraham’s children but to receivers who would carry it forward. Like a football, it was passed to Isaac1 not Ishmael, to Jacob2 not to Esau, down through the centuries until it was finally passed to Christ who passes it to us, both Jews and Gentiles, who accept Christ by faith.

Christ hath redeemed us … That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ” – Galatians 3:13a, 14a

– fritz

1 – Genesis 21:12
2 – Genesis 28:3

Read Full Post »

Algebra in the Bible

Posted in Parables, tagged , , on July 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

“[T]he kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. – Matthew 13:45-46

In algebra class we were given word problems. We had to express them in terms of variables (“x”, “y”, and “z”) then solve the equation. We considered them both enlightening and confusing – enlightening if figured correctly, confusing if our equation was wrong.

Jesus taught parables both illustrating and obfuscating reality, but they can be seen like heavenly word problems that, with the right correlation of variables, reveal their secrets.

Jesus, here, says there is a Merchant man, a valuable pearl, and currency to purchase it – “x”, “y”, and “z”. He also tells us the merchant man, “x”, is really the Kingdom of Heaven. What, then, could the currency of Heaven be? Not gold, that’s paving material, the valuable God had was his only Son.

“Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation]” – Galatians 3:13a (Amplified)

And the Pearl of great price, that would be you and me.

“… true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.” – Jesus (John 4:23b NIV)

Do you see yourself as a valuable pearl? God does.

– fritz

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts