by Matthew Borgstrom | Apr 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
When Christ discloses that he loved his own to the end in John 13:1, we must understand that was neither easy nor desirable based on the qualities of the objects of his love. The Apostle Paul makes this very point in Rom. 5:6 For while we were still helpless, at the...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Apr 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
So how is this great enemy of faith and propellent of unbelief combatted? One verse in the Proverbs makes it abundantly clear—Prov. 29:25 The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the Lord will be exalted. A snare is a trap, which prevents one from obeying...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
1.Never come to God’s word as an intellectual exercise; ie. a mere gathering of information about God (1 Cor. 1:21, 2:10-16). 2.Never come to God’s word looking for it to affirm your fullness, but instead, come to the word needy and poor in spirit (Matt. 5:3)....
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
In John 12:35, Jesus instructs the crowd to walk while they have the light. And presumably he is commanding them to walk in the light, since the opposite disposition at the end of the verse is walking in the darkness.Walking is a way of describing the course of one’s...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
In John 12:28, Jesus prays to the Father with his overarching disposition of his entire ministry–Father, glorify your name. With the exaltation of the Father in front of him, he pressed on in obedience to the Father all the way through death. Keep in mind that...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
In John 12, there were multitudes of people who had traveled to Jerusalem, along with residents from within, who were flocking to see Jesus. However, the motive was not worship, nor was it based on the truth of what Jesus taught or what was written of him in the OT....
