scripture
Luke 6:46
Jesus speaking, “But why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do the things which I say?”
quote
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
thought
People love to think of Jesus as their Savior, and they should do so.
When they neglect that He is also their Lord, then they are imagining a Jesus of their own creation.
Jesus is our Savior and our Lord.
scripture
Isaiah 16:5
In love a throne will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it— one from the house of David— one who in judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
quote
God framed the history of the world in view of the coming of Jesus Christ. In the very beginning He chose a family whose line of descent should run directly from Eden to Bethlehem. This family God took into covenant with Himself, and the promise of the covenant was that of its seed Christ should be born in the fullness of time. This covenant-line runs through the whole of the Old Testament as the golden thread runs through the beautiful fabric. Everything centers in this covenant-line. It unifies the Old Testament. It is the cord upon which the pearls of history are strung. Keep this in mind, and it will explain a thousand mysteries and perplexities in reading the Old Testament.
- David Gregg
