Posts by Lucas Bitter
The Lord Our Righteousness
What is this that God has sent to us, lying in the manger? It’s not just a man. And it’s not just the Son of God. It’s YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. It’s the only life in the history of the world that is perfectly straight, perfectly aligned, perfectly in tune. And it is going to be lived for you.
Read MoreA Virgin Will Conceive
“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us… It was the unlikeliest of motivations, but this is why God did it. He came into this world to sacrifice himself for us.”
Read MoreOne Who Will Go Before Him
This is the present that is lying in the manger, for me, for you, at Christmas time. It is something better and richer and deeper than anything else going on in the world out there. At Christmas, God reaches specifically to you and says “Here is forgiveness. It’s full, it’s free, it’s complete… and it’s all yours.
Read MoreJesus’ Family Tree
From the very time his family tree began, Jesus did not surround himself with “good people” who had their lives together. Instead, from the very start, “the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.” Including me. Including you.
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