by Scott Schade | Apr 7, 2023 | Devotional, Easter, Lent, Romans, Romans 8, Why Jesus Came
In the previous devotional we began looking at why Jesus came from Romans 8. Paul says the reason there is no condemnation for those who are in Jesus is because the law of the Spirit of life sets us free from the law of sin and death. So, in Romans 8 Paul’s going to...
by Scott Schade | Apr 5, 2023 | Devotional, Easter, Lent, Why Jesus Came
The Old Testament points to Jesus, and we see in it reasons why he came. Jeremiah 31:33. This prophecy from Jeremiah is fulfilled in Jesus. Jesus came to establish a new covenant that brings us to God, Jesus came to transform our hearts by his word, Jesus came to form...
by Scott Schade | Apr 4, 2023 | Devotional, Easter, Lent, Why Jesus Came
In the previous devotional we looked at Paul’s comments about why Jesus came in Ephesians 2:1-10. Let’s pick up where we left off and consider Ephesians 2:11-22. Like he did in verses 1-10, Paul compares and contrasts our old life with the new life that is available...
by Scott Schade | Apr 3, 2023 | Devotional, Easter, Lent, Why Jesus Came
Paul tells us in Colossians 1:20 that Jesus came to restore everything in all of creation to God. He goes on to say that restoring everything in all of creation to God includes restoring all people to God. This is why we hear Jesus defining salvation in John 17:3 as...
by Scott Schade | Mar 30, 2023 | Devotional, Easter, Lent, Why Jesus Came
Paul devotes the book of Ephesians to describing what new life in Christ looks like. We’ll look at Ephesians 2:1-10 in today’s devotional On our own we are dead in our sin, trapped in the destructive flow of the world’s way of life, controlled by the...
