Why the Lion?
What a time to be alive. There's so much beauty in the world, and so many amazing things the human race has accomplished: the Mona Lisa, mastery of flight, space exploration, democracy, the internet, artificial intelligence, life saving medicine, and of course dogecoin cryptocurrency (just kidding). But at the same time, there's so much ugliness and pain and suffering, that only deepen the agonizing questions about the meaning and purpose of life. And the gap widens. If there is a God, why is he so distant?
john 6:68Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”. John 14:6
What's In a Name?
By his stripes we are healed, and have true abiding peace. In his own words, Jesus said "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. - John 6:35
By his stripes we are healed
john 6:68
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. - John 3:16
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”. John 14:6
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 61:1
Verse Concepts
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed me
To bring good news to the afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to captives
And freedom to prisoners;