True Reverence

Isaiah 66:1-2 Through this verse, God reminds us that He is the Creator of heaven and earth, and everything we see exists because of Him. No building or great work done by human hands can contain God. After building a magnificent temple for the Lord, King Solomon realized that the great God who created the…

Call to Repentance

Zechariah 1:3 Whenever the Bible addresses God as the Lord of Hosts, it implies God is talking as a commander of chief of the armies – one who is bestowed with highest power and authority. Here, we read God’s invitation to return to Him and a definite assurance that He will return to us. In…

In His Strength

Ephesians 3:14-19  The phrase to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man implies that the strength must be in the inner man. Now, one of the key elements for the strength of the inner man is love. Further on, Paul prayed that we all may be rooted and grounded in love. The…

John the Baptist – A Voice in the Wilderness

John the Baptist was the forerunner of Jesus. He was born before Jesus, started his ministry before Jesus and died a horrible death before Jesus. It is very interesting that the Old Testament ends with a prophecy about John the Baptist (Malachai 4:6) and the New Testament begins with his birth narrative (Luke 1). He…

The Lamb of God

The Lamb of God

The outline of John’s Gospel is as follows: The Lamb of God is one of the central motifs of the Biblical narrative. In the eternity past, the Logos was the Lamb of God slain before the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8). In the eternity future, we will see Him with the marks of the…