Today, Selwyn looks at the central character in God’s big story – Jesus. He raises an important point when he writes: “Ancestry gave people their identity and status. And Jesus’ very mission necessitated Him belonging to the people who were to bring blessing to the earth; He was the fulfilment of all the Old Testament [...]
I liked the quote from Dr Cynddylan Jones: “What happened in the first few pages of the Bible is a dress rehearsal for what takes place in the last few pages of the Bible, when the Church, the Bride of Christ, who was in Him and came out of Him, will be joined to Him [...]
The verses set for reading and meditation contain one very important verse – as highlighted by Selwyn. Paul’s letter to the Ephesians 5:22-33 (NLT): “For wives, this means submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For a husband is the head of his wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is [...]
I agree with Selwyn’s statement: “The greatest event in the eternity to come will be the wedding supper of the Lamb.”Likewise, these words also capture the nature of God’s involvement with us: “So the big story of God – His universal epic – is essentially a romantic one.” Jesus so loves us – to such [...]
I think Selwyn’s study speaks for itself – you, either believe that mankind’s history is being directed by God or you believe that history is just a meaningless succession of random events. One view recognises God as the author of our life’s journey; the other as almost a cold, disinterested spectator. Clearly, we have evidence in Scripture [...]
I agree with Selwyn when he says “The Almighty, who calls Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Exodus 3:6), chose Israel out of many nations to be His covenant people, and came to us in the Person of His Son at a recorded moment in history. The history the Bible recounts is ‘salvation [...]
‘My hero’
Selwyn is right to emphasise that ‘glory goes not to the ones who are saved but to the one who saves’. Later, in today’s study he writes: “People who don’t know Christ often wonder why we make so much of Jesus. If only they could know the joy of abundant living, of sins forgiven, … ” [...]
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