Jan 4
Francis Chan encourages us to take on a new perspective of God’s majesty, knowing what He has freed us from.
Scripture References
46.But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
4.Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?5.But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
20.If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.
17.Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
1.Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:2.Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.3.His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
24.For,
“All people are like grass,
and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,
16.For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17.He received honor and glory from God the Father when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, saying, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”1:17 Matt. 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35 18.We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain.19.We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. 20.Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21.For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
1.After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. 2.There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. 3.Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.4.Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”5.While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”6.When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. 7.But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” 8.When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.9.As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”10.The disciples asked him, “Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”11.Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things.
2.Has not my hand made all these things,
and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.
“These are the ones I look on with favor:
those who are humble and contrite in spirit,
and who tremble at my word.
1.Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking.
Francis Chan
New York Times bestselling author and pastor of Cornerstone Community Church