Tag: sinner
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The Crowd Should Have Celebrated
5And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” 6So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 7And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is…
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You Believe One of These Statements About Yourself
29And Levi made [Jesus] a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no…
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Hope for the Sinner [1-minute read]
27“If anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any one of the things that by the LORD’s commandments ought not to be done, and realizes his guilt, 28or the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which…
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The Sinner’s Prayer
6Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 7Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD! 8Good and upright is the LORD; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. 9He leads the humble…
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Indignant God
11God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.–Psalm 7 David spent Psalm 7 pondering man’s wickedness and God’s judgment. The word he used for indignant is a rare one and can mean ‘anger, curse, denounce, and abhor.’ Jesus showed indignation when he cleansed the temple (John 2). He was angry,…
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Identity and Your Past
39Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would have known who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, for she is a sinner.”… …48And he said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” 49Then those who were at table with…
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The Irony of the Cross
41So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42“He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I…
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An Interesting Death
6And he shall remain in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment, until the death of him who is high priest at the time. Then the manslayer may return to his own town and his own home, to the town from which he fled.’”–Joshua 20 The difference between murder and manslaughter…
Joel M Bradshaw 