The incarnation is an invitation, an invitation to know the Father, in the Son – a truly good God whose eternal communion is now offered to us in the Son, by the Spirit. At the centre of the universe there is a glory-giving, loving relationship, and in the incarnation we are invited to join in![1]Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 24”
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Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 23
they were missing the glorious experience of true Christianity: fellowship with the Trinity![1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. When people sidestep Jesus as He has revealed Himself, things tend to go wrong… really wrong. Supposed spiritual knowledge begins to puff up. Sin begins to pervade souls andContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 23”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 22
the preacher urges the readers to consider their destiny. It is not Mount Sinai with all that was inadequate about the Old Covenant – that was a fearful place. But instead our destiny is Mount Zion and the city of God – a place of gathering to God the Father and His Son, a placeContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 22”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 16
Zechariah is convinced that God is a God who makes promises, and keeps them. Well of course – he lived in Bible times, they all thought that way, didn’t they? Hang on a second. Zechariah was toward the end of a long life during which he had seen nothing happening from heaven. No angels, noContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 16”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 14
For the next months only Elizabeth knew what was going on. She could feel John kick and elbow, she could see Zechariah smiling silently, the scroll of Malachi stretched out on their table, the look of wonder still in his aging eyes.[1] You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line.Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 14”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 12
Jesus knew the life of the poor (as seen in His parables of sowing and reaping, sparrows, children at weddings and funerals, women grinding at the mill, etc.). Jesus experienced the fullness of human life and society. He was not sheltered in some rich ivory tower, protected from the ‘dross of society’. He lived inContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 12”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 11
Brutal King Herod was not in the line of David. Young Jesus was. And God His Father made sure to deliver His Son Jesus from the death of the innocents just as He promised to deliver His ‘Son’ Israel. And one day God the Father would deliver His Son Jesus to death as an innocentContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 11”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 10
Jesus’ birth was as humble as our image of a dilapidated stable, but with the added delight that He really did come to dwell among such as us. He was born humbly, laid in a manger, probably right in the living room of a very humble peasant home. And this is where the Magi came.[1]Continue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 10”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 9
He was told not to fear taking Mary into his home. He was told that the baby was in her from the Holy Spirit. He was told to name the boy Jesus. And he was told why . . . This boy would live up to His name – He would save people from theirContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 9”
Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 6
The glorious future New Covenant is not just a deal between God and man. It is a person between God and man! Peter Mead, pleased to dwell, You can see all posts in this series by clicking on this line. “The heart of the human problem is the human heart!”[1] Dead to God, spiritually deadContinue reading “Let’s Chat: Pleased to Dwell 6”
Standing Before God, This We Are and No More 