Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, goingContinue reading “Colossians 2: 16-23…..Shadows or substance?”
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Colossians 2: 1-7….. I know that you don’t know me personally.
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge ofContinue reading “Colossians 2: 1-7….. I know that you don’t know me personally.”
Colossians 1: 21-29….Filling in what Jesus completed!
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of theContinue reading “Colossians 1: 21-29….Filling in what Jesus completed!”
Colossians 1: 15-20…..Who is Jesus?
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all thingsContinue reading “Colossians 1: 15-20…..Who is Jesus?”
Mark 15: 21-32…. weakened Jesus is hung on the cross.
And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. AndContinue reading “Mark 15: 21-32…. weakened Jesus is hung on the cross.”
Micah 5: 1-5a……Untangling necessary!
Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops;siege is laid against us;with a rod they strike the judge of Israelon the cheek. Comment: Israel is told to be prepared for their coming Judgement!But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah,who are too little to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for meone who isContinue reading “Micah 5: 1-5a……Untangling necessary!”
Micah 4: 1-5……A different message!
It shall come to pass in the latter daysthat the mountain of the house of the LORDshall be established as the highest of the mountains,and it shall be lifted up above the hills;and peoples shall flow to it,and many nations shall come, and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,to theContinue reading “Micah 4: 1-5……A different message!”
Mark 14: 32-42……Prayer in the garden.
And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.” AndContinue reading “Mark 14: 32-42……Prayer in the garden.”
Mark 14: 1-9…..How much is Jesus worth?
It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”And while he was at Bethany in the houseContinue reading “Mark 14: 1-9…..How much is Jesus worth?”
Mark 13: 32-37…..The end of the ‘coming again’ lesson.
“But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servantsContinue reading “Mark 13: 32-37…..The end of the ‘coming again’ lesson.”