Jesus said: (NASB) Luke 17:28-29 “It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building: 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them […]

  Jesus told His disciples of when He would come “in His day”.  He will come so all peoples will see Him!  How can this be?  I don’t know…but God knows!    Then Jesus went on to say what the days would be like when He comes… (NASB) Luke 17:26-27 “And just as it happened […]

  Jesus told His disciples (and you and me) that He will return in such a way that all people, everywhere, will see Him – as lightning flashes across the sky.   Then Jesus went on to say: (NASB) Luke 17:25 “But first He (Jesus) must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.” […]

The prayer of the week is based on Hebrews 11:1, 6   You are the living God of the Holy Bible.  What is an imperative which pleases You?   Faith in You is pleasing to You, faith that has real substance.  Faith that is hoped for, faith that is proven and an expected reality in […]

  When persecution, oppression, imprisonment and/or death is experienced because of faith in God and in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, there is a longing for Jesus to come again which grips the followers of Christ.   Jesus warned His followers then and His words warn us now…   In spite of this longing […]

  The kingdom of God is spiritual and it is a personal experience; it is within individuals who recognize their need of Jesus as their Savior.  Not only recognition is necessary, also receiving Christ is essential.  Becoming a follower of Christ is to be ‘born again’ into God’s family.  The God of the Bible becomes […]

  Ten men, all lepers, stood at a distance and met Jesus…raising their voices to be heard, they asked Jesus to “have mercy on us!” (Luke 17:13)   Jesus saw them and said to them – “‘Go and show yourselves to the priests.’ And as they were going, they were cleansed.” (Luke 17:14) (NASB) Luke […]

  Ten men, ten leprous men had asked Jesus to have mercy on them.  Jesus never reached out to touch these men who “stood at a distance.”  Jesus never said, ‘I will heal you.’  Jesus did say…“Go and show yourselves to the priests.”      He answered their prayer for mercy…How often do you pray for […]

  Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem…and as He went He passed between Samaria and Galilee.  (Samaria was not Jewish, Galilee was.)   He entered a village and a group of ten men who had leprosy called out to Him, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”  (NASB  Luke 17:13)   Those ten men stood […]

  Lepers were to call out “Unclean, unclean” when they saw other people.  They were not to live among the majority of people…but to live apart.   Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s disease today.  It is a chronic infection caused by one of two bacteria.  Today people can be cured from leprosy with proper medical […]