Today, in thinking about the Threefold Office of Christ, we are looking at Christ as Priest in our series, Beholding Christ. Early in His ministry Christ made it clear that He was the fulfillment of the Temple (John 2:19). This means that everything that happened there in the Temple was fulfilled in Christ. Then Temple (and the Tabernacle before) was where God’s people could come into His presence by His grace.

As we continue our series, Beholding Christ, we are going to look at the Threefold Office of Christ (Prophet, Priest and King). Today we will focus on Christ as Prophet and while we could look in many places in the Bible, we will fix our attention on the Gospel According to John for the sake of brevity…

Our post in the Gospel Jump-Start Series this week is focused on prayer. It is the gospel that gives us the ability to pray and give us great confidence in prayer. In his book, Why We Pray, William Philip offers four reasons why Christians pray. One of the reasons that he emphasizes is our adoption in Christ. We pray to God the Father because we have been adopted as His sons.

Today’s post in our series on Beholding Christ will be on Christ as the Second/Last Adam.

This week’s post in our Gospel Jump-Start Series is a reflection on the justification Christians have in Christ. Romans 8 begins saying, “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Paul, here, is speaking of the justification of the believer. We would do well to often reflect on and be reminded of the beauty of our justification in Christ. Read and be encouraged by Bryan Chapell’s brief explanation of this grand truth.

Today I want to start a series of posts entitled, Beholding Christ. In this post we will take a brief look at the main dimensions of Christ’s life and work; His incarnation, perfect life, death, resurrection, ascension, and second coming. Please know that what is below is certainly not exhaustive and entire books have been written on each of these subjects. Let’s dive in…

Today’s post in our Gospel Jump-Start Series comes from John Calvin. He reminds us that the cross of Christ teaches Christians to despair in self-trust and instead trust completely in God. Calvin said it this way:

Suffering in the life of the Christian should produce a homesickness. Suffering reminds us that things are not as they should be and we are still awaiting Christ’s return. At the same time, this homesickness or longing for Christ’s return is the hope we cling to in the midst of suffering. Hope because current suffering is not all there is for the believer…

Our Gospel Jump-Start post this week comes from John Stott’s comments on Galatians 6:8. Stott reminds us that in the life of a Christian, holiness is a harvest. Let us be reminded that we have been gloriously saved by grace (Gal. 2:20) and adopted into God the Father’s family (Gal. 4:4-7). As those who have been brought into the family, we are to seek to live according to the family ethic of holiness…

Today’s post in our Gospel Jump-Start Series reminds us that Christ exhausted the wrath of God on our behalf. Read the quotes below and be reminded of the great love the Father and the Son have for us. In his book, The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ, Ray Ortlund shares a reflection from John Flavel that richly illustrates the love of both the the Father and the Son (John 3:16, Gal. 2:20). Ortlund wrote…