“What God foretold by the prophets, that Christ would suffer, he fulfilled. Repent therefore.” Acts 3:18–19

The call for repentance is based not only on Christ’s death for sinners, but also that it was foretold. Christ crucified is compelling by power and confirmed by prophecy. -John Piper

"Those who proclaim the hope of the age to come must actually live for the age to come."

- John Harrigan

"Jesus, who pass'd the angels by, 

Assum'd our flesh to bleed & die, 

& still He makes it His abode; 

As man, He fills the throne of God. 

Our next of kin, our Brother now, 

Is He to whom the angels bow; 

They join w/ us to praise His name, 

But we the nearest interest claim." 

-John Newton

 

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

I did a message on Jesus and the Fruit of the Holy Spirit at my church's family night. Notes. Audio. 

I did the same teaching of Jesus the Cloud Rider/Desert Marcher at my church. Notes. Audio. 

"Be humbled; walk softly. Down, down, for God’s sake, with your topsail. Stoop, stoop! it is a low entry to go in at heaven’s gate." - Samuel Rutherford

"God seems to talk to me in every primrose and daisy and smile at me from every star, and whisper to me in every breath of morning air, and to call aloud to me in every storm." - Spurgeon

Jesus is not saying he’s a prophet showing you a way to find God, but actually God come to show you the Way. - Timothy Keller

If you want a religion to make you feel comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity. -CS Lewis

"The wisest thing you'll ever do in this life is to draw close to God and to seek Him with all your heart." —Bob Sorge

God will right the wrongs of humanity, without regard to the strength of human beings. -John P. Harrigan

Worldly affections are never overcome and subdued any other way than by heavenly affections' prevailing upon them. - Jonathan Edwards

 

“Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested… Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Revelation 2:10

No angel deliverer this time. No earthquake. Just royal joy forever. -John Piper

“Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.” John 8:47

Again: pray earnestly that you might be found to be “of God.” Otherwise his words will be but folly. -John Piper

There is no problem for which the ultimate solution is not discipleship to Jesus. - Dallas Willard

There is no shortcut to loving God. Intimacy is not instant. It requires time, effort, and intentional inclinations of our heart, mind, and soul. -Mike Bickle

“Rend your hearts and not your garments.

Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love.” Joel 2:13 First be broken-hearted for your sin. Then pray for discernment between garment-rending and heart-rending. - John Piper

In the first chapter of 1st Peter, Peter talks about being chosen, obedient, and sprinkled by the blood of the lamb. He talks about the resurrection, necessity of suffering, and the 2nd coming of the Messiah. He talks about the Messianic revelation in the OT, the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit's role in preaching, the call to holiness, being born again, and why we should live in fear of the Lord.

These are the things the leader of the Apostles said we should dwell on if we want to experience "salvation."

-Travis M Snow

Step outside your beliefs for a second on Christ being our savior.

The description in the Bible of a man-god coming to save those that love Him at the last hour seems far fetched. But people have been imagining this for a long time and our heroes in comics are a good example.

We long for this. It’s innate. Longing for justice and peace is in our make-up. The evidence for the Resurrection is the foundation to build upon the guarantees with His coming. - TJ Sewob

Let God arise (from His throne)
Let His enemies be scattered
Let those who hate him flee from his presence
As smoke is blown away, so blow them away
As wax melts before the fire, let the wicked be destroyed before you, God. 

And let the righteous be glad. (Psalm 68:1–3) 

Maranatha!

My message on the Jesus the Cloud Rider at the Greater Peoria House of Prayer. Notes. Audio 1. Audio 2. 

“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” - Blaise Pascal

The most commonly quoted verse to support the need for apologetical work begins with a call to revere Christ as holy and ends with a call to be gentle and respectful to those with whom you engage. (1 Peter 3.15)

In all thy debating, tremble before God and care for the souls of men. -BA Purtle

It's often said that Jesus rebuked the religious leaders far more harshly than anyone else. Actually, Jesus' harshest words were reserved for Peter, when he failed to recognize the wisdom of the cross.

“Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but man’s.” (Matthew 16:23) -Joel Richardson

Now, a hope that is already realized is by definition not a hope. Who, after all, when it comes to something he already has, hopes for it? If it something still to come, though, on which we are setting our hope, it is with patient endurance that we wait for it. Romans 8:25 Blessed Hope Translation Bible 

 I will be teaching on Friday night at the Greater Peoria House of Prayer about Jesus the Cloud Rider. 7:00. You are invited. 

"Make you sure of this, that the whole drama of redemption cannot be perfected without this last act of the coming of the King. It must be so. The man of Nazareth will come again. None shall spit in His face then; but every knee shall bow before Him. I think that the millennium will commence after His coming, and not before it. I cannot imagine the kingdom with the King absent."

-Spurgeon

“The more time you spend on any book of the Bible, reading and understanding it well, the more that book captures you.” -D.A. Carson

To have "faith" is not to blindly believe or baselessly trust. Faith reckons God as trustworthy based on his past track record. How can we be confident he'll do everything he's promised? Because of what he's already accomplished and fulfilled in the past. - Joshua Hawkins