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Behold the Man!

(Part 2 of 2) Part 1 available here: https://nancyaziz.net/2018/11/05/in-the-beginning/

Yet God would not give up. For at the moment of the Fall, while pronouncing the verdict for man’s sin, He offered a glorious, unfathomable promise. The eternal Logos had a plan that He Himself would execute, but this time not through speech.

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

Yes the Logos became flesh to execute the plan that He foreknew before the existence of the world and to fulfill the promise that He made to Adam and Eve. He would humble Himself to the extent of becoming a man to restore the mess that man had brought upon himself.

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We Better Watch Out!

Everyone is talking about Christmas. Everyone is “looking for recommendations” for the best Christmas concert and bazaar to attend. Billboards advertising pop artists’ Christmas concerts fill the streets and social media outlets. But are they really celebrating CHRISTmas? What has Christmas become?

“Come on,” you might object, “it’s just fun. After all, ‘tis the spirit of Christmas.” What is “the spirit of Christmas?”

While Christmas and Easter are not mentioned in the Bible as feasts to be celebrated, I’d like to take a quick look at the concept of feasts in the Bible and why God Himself instituted them.

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“Do you have fake blood?”

That was the question I heard last night as my son and I were at a local store.

“Mom, did you hear that? That’s disgusting,” expressed my son.

“Yes, it is, dear,” I said in response, “welcome to Halloween week!”

It was a mom shopping for Halloween costumes and “fake blood” for her children. 

As I was reading my Bible this morning, I paused at the Apostle Paul’s repeated admonition to believers, inspired by the Holy Spirit, to “put on the Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 13:14), “for as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ” (Galatians 3:27), “put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness” (Ephesians 4:24), “put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator” (Colossians 3:10).

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The Rock

The Lord has been impressing upon my heart repeatedly the truth that He is the Rock and I feel compelled to share a few thoughts.

If He is the Rock, then why build our lives on the sands of circumstances, other people, money, fame, emotions, ego, etc..? The shifting sands around us are endless. The loud voices that each seem to want to pull us in different directions can be unbearable. Our own pride and seeking the accolades of men tugs at us. Fluctuating emotions can give us quite the roller coaster ride! Even our desire to self-actualize, to feel effective and fulfilled in our jobs, clouds our vision of what is eternally important. Our children and trying so hard to literally do everything for them, could turn them into “trophy children” rather than on route to their part in God’s grand story. 

Yet in the midst of all of life’s craziness, He calls us to “be still and know that I AM God.” He has not called us to some external refuge. He Himself has become our Rock of refuge against the fiercest of storms. For with a single word He orders the storms to be still. 

Dear friends, let us stop looking for refuge elsewhere. Let us stop depending on shifting sands that could kill us, but rather firmly hold on to our only Rock of refuge in these turbulent times in which we live. Let us be like the wise man who built his house upon the Rock.

Time is short. Carpe Diem, Coram Deo (Seize the day in the presence of the Lord).