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PHall | December 18, 2013
Jesus in the 1 John 1:1-3 – “What” refers to Jesus and is neuter instead of masculine probably to emphasize the experience: from the beginning, heard, seen, observed, touched, revealed, seen, revealed 1:1 – The Word (logos) of Life 1:3 – His Son Jesus (human) Christ (divine) 1:7 – Blood of Jesus His Son 2:1 […]
PHall | December 15, 2013
John 2-3 & John 18-19 – Acting as bookends, these two stories have more in common than I realized. In John 2 Jesus cleans the temple of the sacrifice sellers. History tells us Annas owned and operated these and he is introduced in John 18. In John 2 Jesus takes out a whip. In John […]
PHall | December 12, 2013
According to Peter, water plays an important role in God’s theology. God’s word says the earth was made from water and was destroyed by water (2 Peter 3:3-6). So water is literally part of both physical creation and destruction. Not coincidentally, both of those times the world was immersed in water. Corresponding to that reality, […]
PHall | December 11, 2013
“Romans 6 does not supplement justification by faith or merely explain its effects or consequences; rather, it defines justification by faith. . . . Following 5:1-11, Paul provides three sets of quite fully developed antitheses that contrast pre- and post-justification existence: life in Adam vs. life in Christ (5:12-21), slaver to sin vs. slaver to […]
PHall | December 11, 2013
1) “Don’t rejoice that spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven” (Lk.10:20); 2) Don’t glory in what gifts God gives you, glory in the gift of salvation; 3) Don’t glory in what you can do, glory in whose you are.
PHall | December 10, 2013
No single verse contains all of God. No single scripture contains all of God’s theology. If this is true, then even “God is love” (1 John 4:8) is not all inclusive of all God is. God is not only love. God is righteous too, which can conflict with His desire that all men be saved […]
PHall | December 8, 2013
The question is usually phrased, “What Will You Do WITH Jesus.” “With” is a little too impersonal. So let’s make this personal. “What Will You Do TO Jesus and What Will Jesus Do TO You? Judas Will USE Jesus to Get What He Wants (Jn.18:2; 6:70-71; 12:4-6; 13:2,27-30; Mt.27:1-5) Jesus Will BEMUSE His Arresters […]
PHall | December 7, 2013
Among the soldiers, possibly 200 with weapons, Peter draws a sword and attacks to defend his Lord. Among a slave girl and others warming themselves by a fire, Peter draws his empty breath to deny he even knows Jesus. Sadly, that quickly, within an hour or so, he goes from defender to denier. Temptation, when […]
PHall | December 7, 2013
In John 18 we have an interesting cast of contrasting characters: Gentile soliders/Jewish soliders (v.3); Slave/Free (v.18); Religious/Pagan (v.12); Rich (High priests)/Poor (slaves); Rulers (Pilate)/Ruled over; Disciples/Unbelievers. Basically “the world” of John 3:16.
PHall | December 7, 2013
Jesus rebuked Peter for cutting off the ear of Malchus. Jesus instructs Pilate that if His kingdom was of this world, His disciples would fight; just like Peter had done (Jn.18).Good intentions do not make for kingdom actions. Fight like the world by words or actions is not fighting for the kingdom.