The LORD God’s Desire:  (NASB) Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her!  How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!”    As you read the above, do […]

  Jesus was born in Bethlehem and He died in Jerusalem.  There He was resurrected to life from the grave.    Jesus is a historical fact…His birth (which will be celebrated by His followers around the world) and His death, His resurrection (which will also be celebrated later this coming spring).  And while Jesus walked […]

  Jesus was warned by a group of Pharisees that Herod (a puppet of Rome) wanted to kill Him.  (Luke 13:31)   And what was Jesus’ response? (NASB) Luke 13:32 “…‘Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I reach My goal.’”    […]

The prayer of the week is based on excerpts from Psalm 118:   I come to give thanks to You Lord God Almighty!  Why?  Because You are good, Your love endures forever and ever and ever.   I have no need to fear because You are for me…and what can man do to me?  No […]

Fact:  There is only one way to enter the kingdom of God…it is through the narrow door of belief in the Lord Jesus Christ.  (Romans 10:8-11)  What did Jesus say to the question, ‘Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?’ (NIV) Luke 13:24-30 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, […]

  In a permissive culture it is hard to believe, let alone ‘hear’ what Jesus said to someone in a city or village who asked the following question.  (Luke 13:22) (NIV) Luke 13:23-24 “…‘Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?’    He said to them, 24 ‘Make every effort to enter through […]

(NASB) Luke 9:51 “When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem…” (NASB) Luke 13:22 “And He was passing through from one city and village to another, teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem.”    Jesus set His face to go to Jerusalem and as He went He […]

  Jesus likened the kingdom of God to a mustard seed…a tiny seed which grows into a large tree, such a large tree that birds nest in its branches…that is like God’s power. (Luke 13:18-19)   Jesus compared the kingdom of God to yeast mixed into flour…hidden yet working…that is comparable to God’s power.  (Luke […]

  The Lord Jesus had healed a woman who had been bent double for 18 years.  He freed her from bondage and gave her healing; He did that on a Sabbath in a synagogue.  (Luke 13:10-13) (NASB) Luke 13:14 “But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the […]

  Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on a Sabbath day. (Luke 13:10) That element is very important in this bibliography of Jesus.  (NASB) Luke 13:11-13 “And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. […]