Have you ever stopped to consider love? Most people think of love as an emotion. A warm feeling. But what is love, from a scriptural standpoint? How does the Bible define love?
Defining love is essential to understanding the manner in which God loves us, and how we are to show love to others.
Let’s jump in!
Last week we began to explore the topic of healing through the lens of Jesus Christ, and by looking at some truths about God as the healer.
Now today, with the basic foundational truths of healing in place, we will look at one of the accounts of Jesus healing the paralyzed man in Luke chapter five.
I’m going to highlight some details in the account that I believe God has shown me, and I hope that it will strengthen you to receive the healing that Jesus paid for you to have.
Healing is a fascinating topic in modern Christianity. Depending on who you ask, you might hear a range of perspectives from “healing is hogwash” to “oh it happens every day”
It’s easy to get emotional when discussing healing because we all know someone who has needed healing at one time or another, or we might even need healing ourselves right now.
Although the topic of healing evokes powerful feelings, it’s critical to not be driven by emotion, but allow the Master Healer to guide us in this realm… It is God Himself who identifies as our Healer, and later I will share with you some things I saw in the account of Jesus healing the paralyzed man in Luke chapter five.
As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I invite you to take a few moments to consider a few details from these verses regarding the sufficiency and potency of Jesus’ completed sacrifice.
(this is a special five-minute meditation)
In last week’s study we began addressing the “elephant in the room” for many Christians: the topic of sin and how we as believer’s in Jesus Christ can truly find victory and defeat sin.
The battle against sin is one of the great struggles of Christian’s everywhere. Believers seem to be locked in eternal combat warring against sinful desires and behaviors in an effort to be more Christ-like.
Obviously wanting to stamp out sin in all its forms is a noble goal, but how do we accomplish the objective. How do we as believers in Christ move beyond the struggle into the victory Jesus suffered to give us? And there’s a hint in that question, because the answers deals directly with the cross, and what Jesus accomplished.
Today we will explore the ultimate question on the mind of most Christians today: How to defeat sin. And it may not be the way that you think…