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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This Savior’s love for His church is no small thing. He gives up His own life so that she will live.
We are no longer controlled by sin as He moves our lips to speak love and forgiveness. We are passive as He acts out His words and His salvation for us.
Christ exchanged His excellent love, His wonderful heart, for my shameful adultery with you.
When God adds His promise to creation, we understand a greater reality than what we see: Light given; Light that sustains life; Light that will end up living in the midst of his people forever.
We are dangerously good at focusing on our exciting, or boring, walk of faith.
Out of the corner of my eye, I can see that simple boy. An orange sky warms the deserted streets with the final glow of safe light.
Christ rose from the grave so that the eternal Light of Christ would be your forever identity.
You are made new by the eternal satisfaction for sin in Christ, by the precious treasure at God’s right hand.
The Reformation handed over the crystal-clear Gospel of Jesus Christ on to the next generation.
Having a particularly sad day, I set out to find the Gospel of Happy.
Having a particularly sad day, I set out to find the Gospel of Happy.
That image of the “godly woman” haunted me from examples in the Bible of honorable women.