Jeremy R. Geerdes Posts

When I was in Bible college, I took a course on Biblical Greek. It was not required. I could have graduated without it (although, for the record, I would have then received a B.S. in Pastoral Ministry, which just didn’t seem like a great idea). And to be honest, I seriously contemplated not taking it […]

When I started this quest to locate and destroy strongholds in my life and the church, I thought it would be a quick thing. Now, more than two weeks later, I have identified the strongholds and started to attack them, but I have also begun to realize the enormity of the task. As I reach […]

Of the seven churches to which Jesus wrote in Revelation 2-3, the congregation at Philadelphia is probably the only one that didn’t get what I would call a scolding. All the others were rebuked for at least one thing that they were doing. Okay, so maybe not Smyrna, which was dealing with persecution. All the […]

I didn’t have a chance to write yesterday, but I did spend time fasting and praying about strongholds. In particular, I prayed through Jesus’ letter to the church at Sardis in Revelation 3:1-6. In the late first century AD, Sardis was a bustling, prominent city on the site of present-day Sart (formerly Sartmahmut), Turkey. It […]

The third letter that Jesus dictated to John in Revelation 2:12-17 was addressed to the church at Pergamum. At one time, Pergamum was a powerful city, controlling an empire that spanned much of modern-day Turkey. As such, it was also a natural epicenter for culture and cults, and several of the major structures identified in […]

Last week, I started a period of fasting and prayer to seek God on a couple of matters. The biggest of these is a frustratingly predictable cycle in our church: we can run up to 45 or 50 people and then shrink back to 30 or 35. In short, I want to break this cycle. […]

I just know that this whole thing is not over. No, I think it’s just beginning, and we must choose to follow even now. We must choose to live as Jesus taught us to live. We must choose to tell others so that they, too, will follow and live. We must choose.

To that end, Nicodemus, I have reached a conclusion. I can no longer remain a secret follower of Jesus. Though I do not know what will happen of his teachings, or how posterity will ultimately recall his wonders, I do know that I cannot sit idly by while others figure that out. And I would submit, my friend, that neither can you.

No, there was something most astounding about that man, and I have to tell you, I can come to only one conclusion. A lot of the Jews had thought he was to be their messiah. A few even concluded that he was far more than a mere man. And I have to admit today that I think these people are right. The darkness, the earthquake, the shout… it was as though the Jews’ god himself was mourning this man’s death. Truly, I think this man was the Son of God.

Be sure to have someone at the temple to repair the curtain as soon as the Sabbath is over tomorrow. We don’t want word to get out that people can just waltz straight into the Holy of Holies. If someone were to think this was the result of that man’s death – that, because he died, they can now have direct access to God – imagine the ramifications. No, we must do everything in our power to ensure that does not happen.