All tagged mystery

Is Death a Mystery that Baffles Us?

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Death’s Mystery

In the eyes of our God who created the universe, breathed life into man, and on more than one occasion raised the dead... what is death? As humans we are so small, and our experience is so limited to this body and this existence, that all of our understanding of life and death are founded on this little slice of reality that we inhabit. So, as we look at our life and death through this drinking straw that is our world view, we convince ourselves that we know what death is; but do we? Let’s take a higher-level look at death...

Mysteries of Faith, and the Draw of God

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Encountering Jesus

Have we found Jesus, and are we attempting to reach out and bring others to Him? Well, before we do, we should be certain that we really know who He is ourselves. If we think we have sought and found Him, I wonder if we really have, because scripture seems to say that we don’t find Him through searching... God draws, or calls, us to Him. Is this an enigma; a great mystery? Let’s read two passages and then I will reveal a truth to you...

Waiting on the Answer

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional, Mystery in Prayers

This morning we will revisit the story of the neighbor who would not get immediately out of bed when asked for three loaves. Jesus uses this story of persistent knocking to instruct his apostles on waiting for the Holy Spirit, but it is true also of all our prayers... we are to have perseverance, faith, and humility. Let’s look also at the death and resurrection of Lazarus, and what Mary and Martha expected when they asked Jesus to come, and later when He told them that He would raise him from the dead.

The Mysteries of God, and Construction of Our Faith

Richard Forbes
Christian , Daily Devotional , Mysteries of God

How is our faith constructed? Who are we without Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit? Wasn’t it God’s plan from our inception that one would come to us then the other? That we are saved, and redeemed by Christ, and led by the Holy Spirit, so that in this way we can once again walk with God, as Adam walked? Isaiah prophesied regarding the coming of Jesus, and it has come to be. He also told us that God’s Spirit would come to us, and that too is now true, but is there more than this? Is there a mystery to solve?