No Agenda but Jesus: May 2010

Monday, May 17, 2010

oh what the price

in this incredible sermon on taking up your cross, Derek Thomas contrasts what it meant for Jesus in order for us to be able to receive the acceptance of God.... so i'll do the same here, from Numbers 6:24-26 (esv):

in order for us to hear:

24 The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
26 the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

Jesus, on the cross, had to hear:

The Lord curse You and withdraw His hand from You, Jesus;
the Lord turn away His face from You and condemn You, Jesus;
the Lord withdraw His countenance from You and deliver You, Jesus, into torment....

oh the price He paid for my acceptance~!!!!

Monday, May 10, 2010

flinging heavenward

today's quotemeal captured my imagination:

Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but much more is it an opportunity to reach heaven. At the moment of temptation, sin and righteousness are both very near the Christian; but, of the two, the latter is the nearer.
-- Charles H. Brent

i like the image of flinging ones-self heavenward......