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 […]
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 […]
When we are transparent, we become vulnerable. We open ourselves up to judgment, to fear that maybe who we are or what we have done will negatively impact our relationships and what others think about us. God doesn’t have that kind of fear. He is completely transparent. He reveals Himself to us through His word, […]
“Zacchaeus was a wee little man. A wee little man was he! He climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see…” I remember growing up and singing that song in Sunday School. It was a fun little song, but at the time, that was all it was. The story of […]