See your need of Christ more and more, and live upon Him. No life like it; so sweet, so safe. My Savior is mine in all things. We cannot be discharged from the guilt of any evil we do, without His merit to satisfy; we cannot move in the performance of any good required, without His Spirit and grace to assist and enable for it; and when we have done all, that all is nothing without His mediation and intercession to make it acceptable, so that every day in everything He is all in all.”
Showing posts with label Christ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christ. Show all posts
1/17/20
Philip Henry, in a letter to his son Matthew Henry, the great commentator:
12/23/13
Now you are multiplied --
we are your fingers and your feet,
your tender heart -- we
are your broken side.
Take now, and crumble small,
and cast our human flesh on
the world's waters, your contemporary
Shewbread. Feed us
to more than five thousand women and men,
and in our dark, daily flood of living,
pour yourself out again.
from Luci Shaw, "The Partaking"
we are your fingers and your feet,
your tender heart -- we
are your broken side.
Take now, and crumble small,
and cast our human flesh on
the world's waters, your contemporary
Shewbread. Feed us
to more than five thousand women and men,
and in our dark, daily flood of living,
pour yourself out again.
from Luci Shaw, "The Partaking"
4/28/13
Notes on Exodus from The Literary Study Bible:
"If we know Christ ..., we can trace the story of the exodus somewhere in the spiritual geography of our own souls. Through the waters of baptism, we have been delivered from our bondage to sin. Now God is guiding us on our pilgrimage through the wilderness, feeding us our daily bread, teaching us his law, receiving our worship, and leading us to his glory in the Promised Land."
Parallels between Exodus and Christ (Literary Study Bible):
"The story of Israel's exodus from Egypt is the paradigm for salvation in the OT. It also sets the pattern for the full and final salvation that God has provided in Israel's Messiah. Jesus Christ became the new Moses of a greater exodus by going down into Egypt, passing through the waters of baptism, enduring temptation in the wilderness, and going up on the mountain to give people God's law (see Matthew 2-7). Like Moses, Jesus is the mediator of a new covenant (see Heb. 9:15). Like the Passover lamb or the offering sprinkled on the ark of the covenant, the blood of his sacrifice is the atonement for our sin. Like the tabernacle, he is the dwelling place of God with us (see John 1:14, where the word for 'dwell' is the Greek word for tabernacle). Like Aaron the high priest, he brings us into the Most Holy Place, where we can meet with God."
"The story of Israel's exodus from Egypt is the paradigm for salvation in the OT. It also sets the pattern for the full and final salvation that God has provided in Israel's Messiah. Jesus Christ became the new Moses of a greater exodus by going down into Egypt, passing through the waters of baptism, enduring temptation in the wilderness, and going up on the mountain to give people God's law (see Matthew 2-7). Like Moses, Jesus is the mediator of a new covenant (see Heb. 9:15). Like the Passover lamb or the offering sprinkled on the ark of the covenant, the blood of his sacrifice is the atonement for our sin. Like the tabernacle, he is the dwelling place of God with us (see John 1:14, where the word for 'dwell' is the Greek word for tabernacle). Like Aaron the high priest, he brings us into the Most Holy Place, where we can meet with God."
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