Jesus had power to heal…and the people who came to Him for healing knew that power emanated from Him and they reached out to touch Him. (NASB) Luke 6:19 “And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all.” How powerful is your God?  How powerful […]

   God’s power is beyond my comprehension.  I can give intellectual consent to His power…but to fully understand it…no, I cannot.  Can you? One aspect of God’s pure power…is the power of His work.   Some people at the time of Jesus’ life on earth had experience of His power. (NASB) Luke 6:19 “And all […]

  Why had a crowd in Galilee formed, made up of people from Judea and Jerusalem, from Tyre and Sidon? (NASB) Luke 6:18-19 “who had come to hear Him (Jesus) and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured. 19 And all the people were trying to […]

   Jesus came down a mountainside with His newly chosen twelve disciples. (NASB) Luke 6:17 “Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon.” What […]

   Jesus had been on a mountain, all night, in prayer…and in the morning He called twelve men from a larger group to come to Him.  He called them to come up to Him where He was.  (Luke 6:12) (NASB) Luke 6:17 “Jesus came down with them…” Jesus also calls you up to where He […]

                 (NASB) Psalm 103:1-5 “BLESS THE LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; 3 Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; 4Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness […]

  Jesus chose twelve men from a larger number who were following Him.   SIMON PETER…he would become a leader in the early church and write two letters (1 Peter and 2 Peter), he may be the one Mark took his material from for Mark’s gospel. ANDREW…another leader who continually brought people to Jesus. JAMES…a brother […]

   Jesus prayed to God, alone on a mountain, all through the night.  (Luke 6:12) We aren’t told how Jesus prayed.  We do see the results of His prayer.  He chose twelve specific men from those who were following Him.  Men He carefully, prayerfully chose. These men would be used by God in the early […]

   Jesus was being watched closely by scribes and Pharisees, especially on Sabbath days.  They had many rules, regulations and restrictions to which all were to adhere, to be Jews in good standing.  And Jesus wasn’t fitting into the mold!   The scribes and Pharisees were aghast at Jesus’ disciples, they actually “worked” on one […]

   Today there are people who are filled with rage against the followers of Christ around the world.  Discussions resulting in plans are carried out to arrest, kill, destroy, imprison, torture, and/or burn places of worship and homes of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.   Rage also was aimed at Jesus, early in His […]