The Psalm now is this: as Christ suffered and then was exalted, so we are also in him.
No matter how stringent one's "regulations" — "Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch" (Col. 2:21) — the sinful nature that resides in everyone's heart is untamable by self-effort alone.
Kleinig continually directs the reader's attention to Christ and his gifts.

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Our challenge today is to inspire trust and curiosity so this generation will openly ask the question, who speaks the words of truth?
Grace and mercy are a powerful act of the Almighty God. God alone can grant forgiveness and restoration, salvation from the sorrow of this world.
God will give you more than you can handle. But he doesn’t leave you alone. Not at all.
He assumed the weakest form to do his greatest work.
Little do we know the ancient and everlasting healing powers of God’s beloved tender shoot.
Suddenly, this word was. It was no longer a breath, or an idea, or a wish.
Who are we if neither vice nor virtue will make us whole?
Jesus has conquered; he who has an ear let him hear. There is nothing to run from, nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to fear because the Lamb of God has done it all.
This love story goes on and on, from the beginning of time. Every retelling of this incredible story reveals a little more, exposing our inadequacy, producing more devotion, capturing unspoken emotion, inspiring us to a greater love.
One gloomy, silent night, God stepped into our darkness. The Word had not only spoken but was now made flesh.
Our brokenness cuts deeper than just the times when we recognize it needs to be fixed.
The Holy Spirit is not ours to hunt down; rather, we are the ones relentlessly pursued by the word of Christ.