To the Cross

What can wash away our sins? What can make us whole again? Nothing but the blood Nothing but the blood of Jesus What can wash us pure as snow? Welcomed as the friends of God Nothing but Your blood Nothing but Your blood King Jesus Paul Colman here sings two beautiful songs beautifully. Enjoy!

Jesus said: Come unto me you who are weary and heavy burdened and I will give you rest. I thought I would repost this - it might speak to somebody!

I have recently been making occasional comments on a blog that declares its hate for Jesus and for Christians. I wonder if we Christians are sometimes partly responsible for their hate. I wonder if sometimes we might be like a resounding gong and clashing cymbal. I'm afraid I have to hold my hand up to this big time! Some of these 'Jesus haters' have been hunting me down and sending the most crudest of messages about Jesus not to mention messages announcing my death. The latter doesn't bother me - I feel well protected by God. The former, doesn't shock me - I have worked with and served people who try to shock and seen them come into God's Kingdom as they repented and gave their lives to Jesus. Saul of course was a great hater (even murderer) of those that followed Jesus, he used to hunt Christians like a pack of hounds after the fox! Until of course, his Damascus Road experience. Christians need to pray for the Sauls of this world, that they will meet and come...

Like much of the Old Testament the account of Abraham's (non!) sacrifice of Isaac foretells the coming of Christ: In fact the account so coincides with Jesus' death and resurrection that the word "uncanny" becomes a massive understatement. (You might want to follow the reading in Genesis 22): (1) v 2 (God said) "Take your son your only son, whom you love" : Abraham had one son (who he had waited 100 years for - but that's by the by)whom he loved: God had one son ... "whom I love, with him I am well pleased" (2) v3 Isaac was traveling to his death with the donkey: reminds us of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem as he travels towards crucifixion. (3)The sacrifice was to take place v 4 "On the third day": So Abraham had counted him dead until the third day - the same length of time that Jesus was known to be dead. (4) v 6 "Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac...