And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” …… Comment:– What would make a young man run up, kneel at a man’s feet and ask the question which he did? Psychologists, and mayContinue reading “Mark 10: 17-22….The demanding God of Love!”
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Mark 4: 21-34….A Good Teacher doesn’t teach the whole subject in the one lesson!
And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” Comment: I suggestContinue reading “Mark 4: 21-34….A Good Teacher doesn’t teach the whole subject in the one lesson!”
Mark 4: 1-9….A Well-known Parable.
Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching heContinue reading “Mark 4: 1-9….A Well-known Parable.”
Mark 1: 21-31….Starting a 3 year campaign trail!
And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out,Continue reading “Mark 1: 21-31….Starting a 3 year campaign trail!”
Mark 1: 1-8….A Herald to blaze the way for the Coming King.
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,“Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness:Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”4 John appeared, baptizing in theContinue reading “Mark 1: 1-8….A Herald to blaze the way for the Coming King.”
Acts 2: 14-17,22-24,37&38….Peter must reply and he does – powerfully!
14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. 15 For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.Continue reading “Acts 2: 14-17,22-24,37&38….Peter must reply and he does – powerfully!”
Exodus 28: 30-39….Does dress mean anything?
And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the LORD. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the LORD regularly.“You shall make the robe of the ephod all ofContinue reading “Exodus 28: 30-39….Does dress mean anything?”
John 15: 21-24….The future told for Peter and John.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”Continue reading “John 15: 21-24….The future told for Peter and John.”
John 20: 24-31…. Doubting, if followed up can lead to Wise Choices!
Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and placeContinue reading “John 20: 24-31…. Doubting, if followed up can lead to Wise Choices!”
John 20: 11-21….Then Jesus appears.
11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said toContinue reading “John 20: 11-21….Then Jesus appears.”
As I read it! 