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Christ in Our Flesh and His

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I love the way this was put:

Jesus clothed Himself with us. He put on flesh and died, then put on our flesh and lives!

Mark Weever

I love the way Mark put this. It’s true. Jesus was God in the flesh. He came and lived a life that every one of us lives, except He lived the 0 A.D. version. Hebrews says He was tempted in every single way that we are tempted. That doesn’t mean He thought about looking at things on the Internet or had an easy and secret way to cheat on His taxes.

It means that when Jesus was here, He could do just the same thing Adam did and that all of us have done. He could have ignored God and lived by His own will.

Instead, He gave up His own will and lived for the Father’s will. That will sent Jesus to the cross for all of the rest of us.

John 19 – Jesus Died on the Cross on Purpose

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Here is my sermon on John 19. What is unusual about this is that usually I would preach on the passion and crucifixion on Easter, but since I’m doing expository preaching chapter by chapter through John, we have Easter in February!

Pilate, Jesus, the Jewish leaders of the day, I talk about a lot of things in here.

Enjoy, and share any feedback or comments on your own blog or Facebook.

Numbers Part 3 – Aaron, the Priest Line between Life and Death

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This section is one of my favorites from the whole Bible. God is teaching Moses and Aaron to represent Him with self-sacrificing compassion. He Himself is going to die for people who grumble against Him, and here He is doing a little bit of that kind of training on Moses and Aaron.

Ain’t No Circumcisions Happening in Sodom, Abraham

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In Genesis 17-18 there are two contrasts that should not be overlooked.

What is going on with the private parts of Abraham vs. the men of Sodom?

Ishmael is 13, Abraham 99, Sarah is 90. We don’t know how old Hagar is. God tells Abraham to circumcise every man in the house. That is a big deal! These are grown men! And once that happens it is 3 months before Sarah is pregnant!Circumcision in the primitive world was and is an extremely risky business. Now there are machines and tools and anesthetic, but to a man then it was flint knives, topical pain killer (maybe) and blood! Plus the risk of doing something wrong and being permanently harmed, or a painful infection, or both one after another.

Circumcision in the primitive world was and is an extremely risky business. Now there are machines and tools and anesthetics, but to a man then it was flint knives, topical pain killer (maybe) and blood! Plus the risk of doing something wrong and being permanently harmed, or a painful infection, or both one after another.So Abraham submits to it as do all the men in the house. It was a rough month that week.

So Abraham submits to it as do all the men in the house. It was a rough month that week.In the mean time, over in Sodom, men are doing whatever they want with their privates. When the visitors come to the city, all the men that hang out in the square just about

In the mean time, over in Sodom, men are doing whatever they want with their privates. When the visitors come to the city, all the men that hang out in the square just about riot over wanting to rape the visitors.A riot! Because they can’t rape the visitors to the town!

A riot! Because they can’t rape the visitors to the town!>but before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.

but before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.

These men were under the savage control of their sexual desires. These guys would have never circumcised themselves for the Lord. They would never take the risk of pain or infection or death or giving up their sexual abilities. They wouldn’t even give up the pleasure for a night for the sake of righteous abstinence, much less the month of circumcision pain and recovery!

What do we live for today, men? You can’t watch a football game without a bikini commercial for salad dressing and you can’t read a blog post without some cleavage in the sidebar ad!

Be inspired by the faith of Abraham. He put it ALL on the line, and a year later was only the beginning of God giving him what God had fully promised.