Why can we even worship? How do we have access to God? Do we even need other people? The writer to Hebrews answers these questions in Hebrews 10:19-25. His argument has been building that Jesus Christ is much better than anything in the old Mosaic Covenant. He, in fact, fulfills this covenant and initiates the New Covenant. Let's see where he goes with this argument.
Monday, July 16, 2012
Book Review: Reinventing Jesus
Reinventing Jesus by J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer, and Daniel B. Wallace. Kregel Publications, 2006.
Have you been exposed to those who are teaching that the Bible is not reliable and that we have no idea who the Jesus of history really was? There are those who would tell us as much. Two that come to mind that the popular culture might know are the Jesus Seminar and Bart Ehrman. There was even the big controversy surrounding The Da Vinci Code in recent years. The book, Reinventing Jesus, shows the reliability of Scripture especially as it regards Jesus Christ.
Have you been exposed to those who are teaching that the Bible is not reliable and that we have no idea who the Jesus of history really was? There are those who would tell us as much. Two that come to mind that the popular culture might know are the Jesus Seminar and Bart Ehrman. There was even the big controversy surrounding The Da Vinci Code in recent years. The book, Reinventing Jesus, shows the reliability of Scripture especially as it regards Jesus Christ.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Worship in Heaven
Could you imagine if we could see God every time we worshiped on Sunday? That would truly be an awesome experience. I think our worship would take on a more serious and joyous nature if we actually saw God seated upon his throne every Sunday morning. Yet, John the Apostle did see worship in heaven taking place and he wrote about it for us in Revelation 4:1-5:14.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Worship: Approaching God on His Terms
A lot has changed in worship between now and the Old Testament. We no longer offer sacrifices to God. We worship in many different places spread out all over the world. Yet we worship the same God that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob did so many years ago. Is there anything we can learn about worship from the Old Testament? I believe that there are principals from the Old Testament that can be carried over to today.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Worshiping God in Spirit and Truth
Wow, it's been a while since I have written.
Anyway, on with the topic at hand. What is worship? We have been exploring this topic the past few weeks at Bethel.
First, we looked at worship in John 4. Here Jesus is speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well. He confronted her with the gospel and at the end of the conversation she asked a controversial statement about worship. You see, the Jews and the Samaritans hated each other. The Samaritans worshiped on their own mountain. They only followed the Pentateuch. She wanted to know where the right place to worship was, Jerusalem or Samaria. Jesus told her that the Jews were right in the argument but that the argument was moot since things were going to be changing fast. Jesus' death and resurrection would change all of this.
Anyway, on with the topic at hand. What is worship? We have been exploring this topic the past few weeks at Bethel.
First, we looked at worship in John 4. Here Jesus is speaking to the Samaritan woman at the well. He confronted her with the gospel and at the end of the conversation she asked a controversial statement about worship. You see, the Jews and the Samaritans hated each other. The Samaritans worshiped on their own mountain. They only followed the Pentateuch. She wanted to know where the right place to worship was, Jerusalem or Samaria. Jesus told her that the Jews were right in the argument but that the argument was moot since things were going to be changing fast. Jesus' death and resurrection would change all of this.
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