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Living Sacrifices

Present your bodies not someone else’s body. And the whole entire body, not just the grumbling part or the angry part, but all of it to be offered as a sacrifice. I’m reminded of two examples from the Old Testament. One is from Leviticus 1 where the offering is brought to the Lord and consumed [...]
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The Humiliation of Death

Death is humiliating. It doesn’t seem like that nowadays when we go to music-filled funeral halls in suits to gather around the dearly departed. There the person lays, sometimes wearing perfume for the first time ever, seemingly asleep and no odor escaping their preserved body. The perfectly ironed suit, the cushioned coffin, the gilded gold [...]
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Jesus Christ Our Lord is Preeminent

Jesus Christ is the preexistent Son of God who is both the creator of all things ({{John 1:1-3}}) and by whom all things are held together in place ({{Col 1:15-17}}) yet is also the one for whom all things were created ({{1 Cor 8:6}}; {{Rev 4:11}}). By His great power the heavens and earth were [...]
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Jesus Christ Our Lord Has A Name

Our Lord is known by many names throughout scripture and countless pictures and in each of those we can see a different aspect of him. Looking at these aspects we see the multifaceted glory of our Lord and the lengths by which he saves.
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Jesus Christ Our Lord is Mediator

Jesus Christ is the only mediator, the one who lays a hand on each side ({{Job 9:33}}), between God and Man ({{1 Tim 2:5}}), mediating a better covenant than that found in the Law ({{Heb 8:6}}; {{Heb 12:24}}) which was mediated by Moses ({{Gal 3:19}}; {{Heb. 3:2?5}}). He has attained this exalted position by means [...]
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