Wonder and awe filled them all. And as Isaiah predicted, another messianic moment touched them all.
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Loving the fruit of ‘that day and that time’
“On that day …” again, Isaiah proclaims a time that would come when there would be no more weeping. We would be heard by the Lord, be answered by the Lord, and have plenty of bread and water.
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Reckon with it — ‘The Times They Are A-Changin’
They became, so to speak, in their own way a living Gospel, and their testimony preached to all the wonders of the Lord.
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Live in the mansion of God right now
If you want to get into the kingdom, it is NOT enough just to say “Lord, Lord.”
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The feet, indeed!
How important the mouth is for preaching, the ears for hearing, the heart and mind for believing and cherishing the word — and that process gets repeated and repeated and repeated from one person to the next.
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Kiss of God
Justice and peace, indeed, come together so perfectly in Jesus the Christ.
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Know the power of the presence of Christ
Do we connect as simply and profoundly as the centurion — with Jesus?
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Divine consequences would result from the life, word, actions of Jesus the Christ
She “saw” and she “heard” and she knew in her “heart” that God was pouring out grace upon grace upon this child and her parents and all of us, and because of him life would never be the same.
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Jesus’ way is our way, too
We are invited to all of the above to: “see” and “hear” Jesus so clearly that we would dare to imitate him. In other words, to become like him. To move from darkness to light, sin to grace.
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Sin, grace, darkness, light are inextricably connected
Faith and the word of God, and believing in something — anything — can bring about that light in our lives. That if only for a moment here and a moment there has shattered our darkness and brought us “back to life” and “back to light” — eternal light!
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