May 22 HC #51 – Joel 2:28-32 So what? That is the famous question of today’s world. Okay, so Jesus ascended into heaven, and is now at the right hand of God, what does that mean for me? That is our question in the catechism. The... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 21 HC #50 – Psalm 8 The name of the Lord is exalted over all the earth. His glory is above even the heavens. It is with these thoughts in mind that Psalm 8 opens. Strength belongs to the Lord and He ordains it where it will go. It... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 20 HC #50 – Revelation 5:1-14 Worthy is the Lamb! That is the song sung during this part of John’s vision of worship in heaven. But it begins with a vision of God holding in his right hand a scroll. A scroll that the Lamb comes... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 19 HC #50 – Psalm 110 The majority of the world is right handed. So it is not surprising that the traditional way to speak of the power of someone is to speak of their right hand. Joseph was Pharaoh’s right hand man. It... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 18 HC#49 – II Corinthians 4:16-5:7 The third benefit of Jesus’s ascension into heaven is the sending down of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit sent to be our guarantee that God who created all things, and upholds all things, is at work... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 17 HC#49 – John 14:1-5 The second benefit listed in the catechism is that we will be received into heaven after our death. In other words we can know that we too will have heaven as our home because Jesus, who was true man as well as true... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 16 HC#49 – I John 2:1-6 The catechism then brings us the benefits of the ascension into heaven since the objections are now out of the way. The first mentioned is that we have an advocate with the Father who is now in heaven. There He... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 15 HC #48 – John 1:43-51 This is another example of the divine nature of Jesus Christ in action, yet still remaining personally united to His human nature. It is also the familiar story of Jesus calling Nathanael, who is called... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 14 HC#48 – Luke 7:36-50 So can Jesus be everywhere present and still locally present in his human form? Or do the two natures split or does the human become divine? Luke 7 helps us answer that question along with many other places in the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
May 13 HC#48 – Jeremiah 23:9-40 This question is a bit technical, but it is in the catechism for a purpose. This question about the separation of the natures, the divine and human, in Christ is a place where the Reformed disagree with not... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
