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Session of Christ

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This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God [place of honor and approval], and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear .                 Acts 2:32-33 Peter spoke these words to the gathering in Jerusalem at Pentecost when 3,000 souls received Jesus as Messiah. He was introducing the period in history known as the Session (sitting) of Christ, the ministry of Jesus between His first and second coming as High Priest, Head of the Church, and mediator of the new covenant. Peter was also confirming his position as king, prophesied by David in Psalm 110: The Lord says [ ne um - oracle, divine communication between the Father and the Son] to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.” The Lord will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, “ Rule [ radah...
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Three that Remain: Faith, Hope, & Love

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  For we know in part [imperfect, obscure] and we prophesy in part [limited]; but when the perfect [finished] comes [the complete dispensation, the eternal state], the partial will be done away. When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. For now, we see in a mirror dimly [ ainigma – obscurely, an enigma], but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. But now faith [ pistis – trust, firm persuasion], hope [ elpis – desire of some good with an expectation of obtaining it], love [ agape – God’s unconditional, self-sacrificing benevolence to man], abide [ meno – remain] these three; but the greatest of these is love .                              1 Corinthians 13:9-13   ...
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Death and Resurrection

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  What is the opposite of death? For most, the answer would be life. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul answers the question by addressing resurrection, both the physical and spiritual. Resurrection cancels death, removing its sting, 1 Corinthians 15:55-57, " O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ . Jesus’s physical death and resurrection were the culmination of the last two weeks of his physical life when he raised Lazarus from the dead and declared in John 11:25-26, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?" Christ’s resurrection is available to anyone who believes in Him. And so, Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the f...
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