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Why does God bother with us?  We all reject God shattering any sort of relationship with him. Nevertheless, God acted in Christ reconciling us to himself.    We cannot provide a “why” for all this.  We simply say God is … Continue reading →

The God who reconciles us to himself is truly different from us.  He is the Creator and Lord of all.  He exists in majesty beyond all. He is right and true in all his ways.  In contrast, we are mere … Continue reading →

The risen and exalted Jesus encounters us personally as the one who is our salvation. Through this living encounter with Jesus by the Spirit we come to know the true God.  And as he repeatedly encounters us we know ever … Continue reading →

Before anything was even made God decided to have us in relationship with himself.  He alone decided this for us. He also decided to act in Jesus by his Spirit to achieve his aim. That means all the action of … Continue reading →

God’s Spirit unites us with Jesus, the Father’s Son.  Within this union, all that belongs to Jesus becomes ours, including his relationship with the Father in the Spirit.  Baxter Kruger writes,  “The gospel is not the news that we can … Continue reading →

Father and Son know each other in a unique way because they are One in a unique way.  The Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father.  Mutually indwelling one another, Father and Son know each … Continue reading →

In one of his prayers Jesus says, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth…” (Luke 10: 21-22).  Jesus is always aware of his Father as Lord of all. He always acknowledges that he was sent by his Father … Continue reading →

The moment that Jesus was baptised his Father sent the Spirit to remain on him.  The Spirit who came to Jesus from the Father is the Spirit of joy in the Father.  And so there were moments when the heart … Continue reading →

The God who is love meets all our needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. But this does not mean that our relationship with God is entirely need-centred? Jesus wasn’t driven by meeting his own personal needs … Continue reading →

God’s Spirit brings Christ to us and us to Christ in living encounter.  He unites us to the Father’s Son so that we participate in the Son’s relationship with his Father.  It is only by the Spirit that Father and … Continue reading →