A double-exposure of the front and back of the "Masterpeace Witness Card". Thanks again, Adam and Char, for sending these quick enough to be able to hand them out before Easter!

The Doctrine of Christ - Logos

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (John 1:1)
One of the most important titles of Christ is Logos ("Word"). The idea behind this title embodied God's revelation of Himself to humanity. Scholars debate whether John borrowed this term from the Greeks or the Jews. If the term in Greek, there may be numerous philosophical implications; if Hebrew, it may have referred to wisdom (Prov. 5-8) or the Law (Ex. 20). Probably Jesus is called "the Word of God" because the phrase occurs over 1,200 times in the Old Testament to refer to the message of God. Jesus is the expression and communication of the Word. He is both the incarnate and the inspired Word.
Illustration: Satan is twice recorded in Scripture as tempting someone. On the first occasion he questioned the integrity of the Word of God (Gen. 3:1-5). On the second occasion he questioned the integrity of Christ, the Word of God incarnate (Matt. 4:3,6). Those who question the validity of the Scriptures today similarily question the integrity of Christ.
Application: Christians need to study the written Word of God to learn more about the incarnate Word of God.

What are you "passionate" about?

When people mention “passion”, they might think of 2 love birds, deep in love, “sucking face” in a park.
The actual meaning of “passion” is “intense suffering”.
That is why Mel Gibson named his movie “The PASSION of the Christ”.
When my students say they are “passionate about soccer”, aren’t they really saying, “I am willing to make my family, friends and grades suffer for my deep dedication and love of soccer”?
So, what are you passionate about?
Wouldn’t it make sense to be passionate about Christ if He was so passionate for you that He was willing to leave His glory in heaven, live life as a man for 33 years, die the most miserable death for your sins that you might be reconciled to God and then rise again from the dead to prove that He had indeed made full payment for our sin?!
Now THAT is something worth being passionate about!!!
“For when we were controlled by the sinful nature, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, so that we bore fruit for death.” (Romans 7:5)
“Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires,” (Galatians 5:24)
“…not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God;” (1 Thessalonians 4:5)
(Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin passion-, passio suffering, being acted upon, from Latin pati to suffer 1 often capitalized a : the sufferings of Christ between the night of the Last Supper and his death b : an oratorio based on a gospel narrative of the Passion.)