God's Word For Every Day

"This is My blood of the   new  covenant,  which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins" (Matthew 26:28). Early on in my Christian life, I read James Denney's book, The Death of Christ.  Reading this book gave me a real sense of the importance of the death of Christ. This has stayed with me over the years. It helped me to understand why the Apostle Paul said, "we preach Christ crucified" (1 Corinthians 1:23),  " I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2) and "God forbid that I should ever boast (or glory) except in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ" (Galatians 6:14). It helped me to understand what John the Baptist when he pointed to Jesus and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29). Many year have come and gone since I read James Denney's book. It is still my great desire to join, with John the Baptist, i...

The Humbled and Exalted Christ  5  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,  6  who,  being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,  7  but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form  of a bondservant,  and   coming in the likeness of men.  8  And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and  became  obedient to  the point of  death, even the death of the cross.  9  Therefore God also  has highly exalted Him and  given Him the name which is above every name,  10  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,  11  and    t hat   every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ  is  Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:5-11). It's a long time ago since the first time I studied the...