Church of the Living God - Traverse City, MI

The false teachers “rushed for profit” into Balaam’s error, which was was selling out or exploiting God’s people for financial gain. 

Let’s revisit the story of Cain. It contains a warning – the way of Cain – but in the telling you will see that God also reveals the way of Life.

Followers of Jesus – the church, collectively – ought to be so close to everybody that there is no one who is not in the “apple” of the eye of a follower of Jesus. It’s not a perfect analogy – the Bible portrays God’s people as being in God’s eye – but it seems fair that God’s image bearers who are far from Him should be in the eyes of His image bearers who are near to Him and filled with His spirit and truth.

David asked to be the “apple of God’s eye” (Psalm 17:8)[1]  – literally the "little man of the eye,” the tiny reflection of yourself that you can see in other people’s pupils because you are being watched so closely by that person. This is a beautiful image of how God sees it. What are the implications for how we see others?

What we learn about Jesus - and life - in the account on the road to Emmaus.

Easter Sunday - The Lord is risen!