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Erlo Stegen

Behold, my servant!

Erlo StegenIs 52:13 - 53:6 "Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high..." This week is acknowledged by churches across the world as the week of the suffering, the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. He entered Jerusalem in all humility and meekness. The crowd... Read More
Erlo Stegen

By His stripes we are healed

Erlo Stegen"Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for t... Read More
Erlo Stegen

Jesus, our Passover Lamb

Erlo StegenSummary of sermon by Rev Erlo Stegen, 10 March 2013 Isaiah 52 13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. 14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: 15 So shall he sprinkle ... Read More
Erlo Stegen

Look upon Him

Erlo StegenIs 52:13 - 53:5 On Palm Sunday we remember Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem. He wept over Jerusalem, because they did not recognise the time when God visited them. They despised and rejected Him, ushering Him in with Hosannas and palm branches, but shortly afterwards they cried for His death. Jesus pr... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

Jerusalem in Relation to Universality

T. Austin-SparksREADING: Isa. 52:1, 7-8, 14-15; Acts 2:5, 7-11; 10:11-16, 34-35. Let us remind ourselves that Jerusalem, in the Word of God, especially stands for the Church. It is an inclusive and comprehensive representation of the Church; and what we are seeking to see is the spiritual constitution of the Church... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Ground of the Revealing of the Arm

T. Austin-SparksIn this fifty third chapter of Isaiah (with which we include the last three verses of chapter 52), we believe there are to be found certain Divine thoughts, Divine laws, Divine principles, of abiding and universal application, upon which the Arm of the Lord can be revealed. We continue our investiga... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Meaning of the Arm

T. Austin-SparksHaving considered something of the meaning of the phrase ‘the Arm of the Lord’, and seen that it indicates the support, the upholding, the strength of the Lord, given to those who are wholly in line with His purpose, let us now ask the question: What does the Word of God show to be the real implicat... Read More
T. Austin-Sparks

The Place of God in His House

T. Austin-SparksReading: Isaiah 6:1-7. “In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and His train filled the temple. Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fl... Read More
William MacDonald

Here's The Difference

William MacDonaldAugustine once said, "Distinguish the ages and the Scriptures harmonize." God has divided all human history into ages: "... by whom also he made the ages" (Heb. 1:2 ERV margin). These ages may be long or short. What distinguishes them is not their length but the way in which God deals with mankind. ... Read More
Aphraates

Demonstration 17 (Of Christ the Son of God)

1. (This is) a reply against the Jews, who blaspheme the people gathered from among the Gentiles; for they say thus, You worship and serve a man who was begotten, a son of man who was crucified, and you call a son of men, God. And though God has no son, you say concerning this crucified Jesus, that ... Read More

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