When Jesus Meets the Sinner
Nathaniel now has his Rabbi. Standing in front of him is the Word of God in flesh, the Torah in human form; it is Jesus, God the Son.
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A Baptism Pleasing to Heaven
What pleases the Father in Heaven is that his holy Son, the giver of all life, takes the guilt and shame of the sinner upon himself. For the Father loves the sinner, and knows that...
Fear not. I bring you the Gospel
The Baby Jesus did not come in our hearts; he came in a certain specific location, Bethlehem of Judea.
He is coming among sinners to make them holy
Her child is God the Son. He is holy, he is coming among sinners to make them holy.
No Accusations to Hold Against Us
This entrance into Hell by God the Son was the victorious conqueror informing the demons that they have no accusation to hold against us.
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Darkness There No More Resides
John’s baptism is over. He did his job. He served out the gifts the Lord sent him to serve out. He’s a wine skin who poured out good wine, but when the wine was gone,...
Baptized into Something New
We all have our own Jerusalem of the Sadducees, our own towns and cities of the Pharisees ... But the call of the Gospel is, Leave it all behind; come hear the Word making all...
When Jesus Shows Up
Jesus, who made his Advent into Jerusalem on the colt’s back, who will make his final Advent on the Last Day, to judge the living and dead and to bring his people into eternal life,...
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If We Were Judges
If we were judges, we would leave no room for the Son of Man in all his glory who sits on his throne. But he is judge. Not us. And that fact saves us.
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We Will Always Be With the Lord
Encourage one another with the words that Jesus died, and he rose again in the body, and he now comes to us in his Body and Blood, forgiving our sin and binding us to himself.