Jesus met a lawyer at the level the man knew… the Law!Jesus meets you where you are… at the level you are in your understanding. A lawyer stood up during a time Jesus was teaching. A lawyer likes to ask questions… hard questions… probing questions. This man was no different. “… ‘Teacher, what shall I […]
The disciples were a privileged group of 12 men, Jesus said so. Their eyes saw, their ears heard what “many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”Luke 10:24 NASB We know that what […]
The 12 disciples; yes, even Judas Iscariot, were blessed by what they saw and heard as they walked with Jesus. Yet, that privileged blessing did not change Judas Iscariot, nor change his motives nor his actions. He still chose to betray Jesus. What you and I choose to do with the blessings Jesus gives us […]
When you are a guest, are you content with the bed you sleep in?Are you content with the food and drink served? Thankful acceptance of what is given to you is a witness to God’s provision and your contentedness. Being satisfied with what God provides is a learned response. Jesus gave instructions to a large […]
Jesus chooses you and me, follower of Christ, to tell others of His Good News. His birth, His life, His death, His resurrection. He came to save us from our sins. That is Good News! Our names may be unknown, our faces not recognizable to most people. But we are called to prepare people to […]
Unnamed, unknown men told Jesus they would follow Him, with certain conditions on their part. How did Jesus respond to these three men? Man #1NASB Luke 9:57-58 “As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, ‘I will follow You wherever You go.’58 And Jesus said to him, ‘The foxes have holes and […]
Why wouldn’t Jesus be welcomed in a village in Samaria? Bias comes to mind. Jesus was Jewish. The Samaritans were part Jewish and part whatever other country their family came from. Jewish men and women usually went around Samaria to travel between Galilee and Judea. Jesus chose to go through Samaria… He was going to […]
“Someone” is pointed at – for doing “something” you are doing BUT they weren’t authorized to do “it”. The “someone’s” are easy targets. No name, no face, yet they exist. John was a disciple of Jesus and he ratted out on a “someone” to Jesus. That “someone” was doing what Jesus authorized the 12 disciples […]
Silly, selfish, self-serving arguments reveal the heart and motives of a person. Jesus intervened in such an argument amongst His 12 disciples. They were arguing about which one of them was the greatest!Luke 9:46 NASB Luke 9:47 “But Jesus knowing what they were thinking in their heart…” Jesus knows your motives, your hidden agendas! He […]
We choose our friends. We choose to spend time with them because we enjoy being with them. They make us happy or they challenge us to be better. We are encouraged to stay away from people who are bad influences and cause us to get into trouble. We become more like the people we are […]