But Jesus makes clear that His purpose is different: He was headed to Jerusalem to "suffer many things

Imagine how different this world would look if the Church as a whole would earnestly and repeatedly prayed

motivations for doing this, but most likely a kind of religious tolerance, or a desire to hedge his bets with different

The difference between sharing your light and the showmanship of the Pharisees is intent.

But God is different. God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all.

And Paul gives no indication that this pre-temporal transaction was based on qualities we'd someday demonstrate

Dig Deeper   We're looking at this passage from a slightly different angle today.

In this regard, Psalm 36 isn't any different than any other psalm, or any other passage of scripture Dig Deeper   It's so easy to stop reading Psalm 36 at the end of v4, where the Psalm transitions from

living in malice and envy to being renewed in the Holy Spirit, and you've experienced the night and day difference

This means that those who've experienced baptism must live differently than those who've not.