Coty Pinckney, in a message, “What Does it Take to be Jesus’ Disciple?” Jesus says the Law is all about Him! Fasting is about Him! A fast is a fast for His presence, as we long for Him; desiring Him, we withdraw from anything that might distract us from Him. The Sabbath is about Him … More It’s all about him
Coty Pinckney on Luke 5: Let’s read vignette four, which takes place immediately after Levi leaves his tax booth to follow Jesus. And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes … More Sin vs sinners
Coty Pinckney on Luke 5:1-11 Jesus has gone out to preach elsewhere. He is no longer in Capernaum, but in another town on the same lake. The crowd keeps coming; as more and more arrive, they push those in front up toward Jesus, forcing Him into the water. So He goes out into the lake … More Of Fish and Men: All for Jesus
And when it was day, he departed and went into a desolate place. And the people sought him and came to him, and would have kept him from leaving them, but he said to them, “I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well; for I was … More Jesus knows His mission
Coty Pinckney makes this very interesting observation regarding Luke 3 and 4: Most written accounts of a person’s life would put the genealogy right at the beginning – like the Gospel of Matthew. Again like Matthew, most often the genealogy will start with the ancestor and work forward to the subject of the account. But … More Intentional Contrast
In 1 Kings 12, we read that after Jeroboam joins the people, they ask King Rehoboam to “lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.” (vs 4) Notice that they don’t ask that he end it altogether, just that he lessen the load. If he does, … More God is in control. And we are accountable before Him.
Coty Pinckney asks us to consider Ephesians 4:15- but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, Paul tells us we are to speak the truth in love, and this will lead to growth. If you look at the original language, you … More “Truthing” in love
Coty Pinckney on Psalm 119, “Knowing and Loving God Through His Word”- We could look at any of a number of verses here, but let’s focus on verses 33-37: 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. The psalmist’s first request is for God to … More Knowing and Loving God Through His Word
Coty Pinckney on Ephesians 2:11-22 In addition to each of us being dead in our trespasses and sins, we Gentiles are not part of God’s chosen people. How could these great blessings outlined in Chapter 1 apply to us? Paul answers that question in these verses,(Eph. 2:11-22) telling us to remember one thing, and to know two things. The … More No Peace Without Him
Coty Pinckney asks: What is the most difficult truth in all Scriptures for us to believe? Some might suggest the incarnation, an infinite, all-powerful God becoming a finite man. Some others might suggest the trinity: God is one, but there are three distinct persons in the Godhead. Both of these truths challenge our understanding; they … More What is the most difficult truth in the Bible?
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