Weekday Word w/ Eric

Tag: god

  • The Answer is No (and Yes)

    John 1:19-23, CEB This is John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?” John confessed (he didn’t deny but confessed), “I’m not the Christ.” They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” John said, “I’m not.” “Are you the prophet?” John answered, “No.”…

  • Thank God for the Gospel of John

    John 1:16-18, CEB From his fullness we have all received grace upon grace;      as the Law was given through Moses,     so grace and truth came into being through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God.     God the only Son,         who is at the Father’s side,         has made God known.…

  • When God Pitched a Tent Among Us

    John 1:14, CEB The Word became flesh     and made his home among us. We have seen his glory,     glory like that of a father’s only son,         full of grace and truth. If the author of John was only allowed four words to convey the message of the gospel, it mostly likely would…

  • What We Have Always Heard, But Will Never Fully Understand

    John 1:12-13, CEB But those who did welcome him,         those who believed in his name,     he authorized to become God’s children,          born not from blood         nor from human desire or passion,         but born from God.                 We are still in the prologue of John and so we are still identifying…

  • John’s “No Room at the Inn”

    John 1:11, CEB The light came to his own people, and his own people didn’t welcome him.                 By the time Jesus began his ministry in the land of Israel, the Hebrew religious establishment had been in place for thousands of years.  Religious laws were not only codified.  For the most part, most interpretations of…

  • The Light Has Come…so what?

    John 1:9-10, CEB The true light that shines on all people    was coming into the world.  The light was in the world,    and the world came into being through the light,        but the world didn’t recognize the light. Genesis 1:3-5, CEB God said, “Let there be light.” And so light appeared. God saw how good the light was. God separated…

  • The Beautiful Irony of John the Baptist

    John 1:6-8, 15 CEB A man named John was sent from God.  He came as a witness to testify concerning the light, so that through him everyone would believe in the light.  He himself wasn’t the light, but his mission was to testify concerning the light. John testified about him, crying out, “This is the…

  • In the Beginning, Jesus

    John 1:1-5, CEB In the beginning was the Word     and the Word was with God     and the Word was God. Genesis 1:1-2, NIV In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.  Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God…

  • Is God Getting the Leftovers?

    Malachi 1:6-8 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says to the priests: “A son honors his father, and a servant respects his master. If I am your father and master, where are the honor and respect I deserve? You have shown contempt for my name! “But you ask, ‘How have we ever shown contempt for your…

  • Refiner’s Fire Sounds Great Until. . .

    Zechariah 13:9 This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like silver     and test them like gold. They will call on my name     and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’     and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’” One of the poignant…