Tag Archives: Sacrifice

Löhe on 1 John 3:16a

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.  (1Jo 3:16 NIV) Love is exemplified in the sacrifice of ones life for those loved. Jesus Christ did this as example and model for … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1. PETER 4,9-10

Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. (1Pe 4:9-10 NIV) All I have is to serve your praise – o … Continue reading

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Löhe on Hebrews 9:14

Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God! (Heb 9:14 NIV) If somebody would come around, who has some water or mixture, that could rinse and cleanse the deepest creaks and most serious cracks in our conscience, … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON HEBREWS 9:13-14

The blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that they are outwardly clean. How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON HEBREWS 9:11-12

When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not a part of this creation. He did not … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON JOHN 17:17

Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. (John 17:17 NIV) It is a saving truth, that all Christians are united with their Lord’s suffering and dying through faith and are justified from all their sins by his resurrection. … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON EPHESIANS 5:1-2

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.  (Eph 5:1-2 NIV) Here we are … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON JEREMIAH 22:29

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD! (Jer 22:29 NIV) O if I but had a trombone or trumpet to penetrate the spiritually deaf ears and awake them to join us in our prayers and pleas to … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON JOHN 13:34

Jesus said: “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (Joh 13:34 NIV) Watch the Lord going down from Galilee to Jericho and from there upwards toward Jerusalem. … Continue reading

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LÖHE ON 1.CORINTHIANS 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not … Continue reading

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