by admin | Jul 12, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches1 in Christ Jesus.2 Paul wrote this blessing to the Philippians after receiving their gift to help in his ministry. It is the theme in my mind for the next few lines of David’s song. Rescue me...
by admin | Jul 11, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
David’s song continued: Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me! 1 Whatever Daivid’s understanding of making sins as white as snow, he apparently grasped that creating a pure...
by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Look, you desire integrity in the inner man,1 David’s song continued. This is a truth he learned the hard way with Bathsheba. But I could hear the voice of Jesus, You have heard that it was said,2 “Do not commit adultery (μοιχεύσεις, a form of μοιχεύω).” But I say...
by admin | Jul 6, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Apparently God sent Nathan to forgive David while David still believed he had gotten away with his cover up. God was certainly overreaching the limits of our contract. More to the point, probably, He was shattering and prying away the pieces of the hard shell my...
by admin | Jul 2, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
Imagine if Bill Clinton or George W. Bush did what David did and got off like that. But I’m more interested in knowing the only true God, and Jesus Christ,1 and trying to understand Him these days, than fretting over ancient history. Besides, I’m nobody, and though...
by admin | Jun 26, 2012 | Forgiveness, Jedidiah, What Kind of Carpenter is Jesus?
I want to turn my attention to the circumstances when God named Solomon Jedidiah. It all started one spring when King David didn’t go to war with his army. He couldn’t sleep. He got up and walked on the roof of his palace. He saw a woman bathing. Now David wasn’t...