Many times in the Old Testament, God refers to human beings as His beloved. But when God called Jesus His beloved, Jesus did something truly remarkable: He believed Him. And He lived every moment of His life fully convinced of His identity.
Jonathan Martin
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is not enough, ..... JEFF CAVINS You may fancy the Lord had His own power to fall back upon. But that would have been to Him just the... GEORGE MACDONALD In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbour hostility against us, not those against whom ... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER The New Testament doesn't present Jesus as a single man to cover up his humanity. It presents hi... JOHN ORTBERG He would never hurt anyone, especially his beloved daughter, Ariel. JENNIFER SULLIVAN ...that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don't... C. S. LEWIS Who stands fast? Only the man whose final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Just as a mother finds pleasure in taking her little child on her lap, there to feed and caress him,... ALPHONSUS LIGUORI It was a cold morning, and he shivered a little; but he had been taught by his uncle that his prayer... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Feast of Pentecost Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605 It was something more ... CHARLES GORE Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fel... BIBLE Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience. MARGARET FULLER The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior m... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 2. the ministry of meekness ... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER The physique of a Messiah. But too clever to believe in God or be convinced of his own mission. And ... ALDOUS HUXLEY Jesus was a perfect example of following authority. He was subject to His earthly parents; he subjec... MONICA JOHNSON I would rather be trampled by raging elephants than see the full wrath of my God. My repentance from... NORM TOMLINSON It was a comet. The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went a... LUCAS SCOTT But of that day and hour no one knows neither the angels in heaven nor the Son but only the Father.�... JOHN OWEN I believe Jesus wasn't thinking about miracle when He performed it. He's just doing normal act... TOBA BETA He could breathe more freely in a lighter air. He was responsible only to himself for the things he ... W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. BIBLE BIBLE For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. BIBLE But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, / Even when we were dead in... BIBLE The Coming King We have therefore established the integrity of the package – the identity of Jesus... CHUCK MISSLER My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him a... P. L. TRAVERS To ignore, repress, or dismiss our feelings is to fail to listen to the stirrings of the Spirit with... BRENNAN MANNING All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours. GEORGE HERBERT The primary source of the appeal of Christianity was Jesus - His incarnation, His life, His crucifix... KENNETH SCOTT LATOURETTE The goal of prayer is to live all of my life and speak all of my words in the joyful awareness of th... JOHN ORTBERG JR. He believed in his soldiers, and, in the true spirit of his profession, gave his life protecting his... ARMY SGT. God has committed himself, ever since creation, to working through his creatures--in particular, thr... N.T. WRIGHT At this day... the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to emp... JOHN CALVIN Jesus was happy when people acknowledged his dignity and saddened when they did not, but he never so... MOTHER ANGELICA Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556 You go to your saint a... PHILLIPS BROOKS Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary The Old Testament does not occupy itself... BENJAMIN B. WARFIELD Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552 What is the Christian? ... PHILLIPS BROOKS The kingdom of God is not our only inheritance. In His last will and testament, Jesus left His heirs... R.C. SPROUL Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did no... BIBLE Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in c... ABRAHAM KUYPER We normally know Jesus as a humble, loving servant, which He is. But Revelations gives us the bigger... JUD WILHITE Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illu... BRENNAN MANNING He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object belove... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch... MAX LUCADO
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