13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: 14 Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 Judas ...
1. Jesus chose the name. Jesus chose to greet Paul for the first time by saying “I am Jesus of Nazareth.” He could have chosen many other names, but he used this one. It is a strange one and often misunderstood. 2. Jesus identified with the rejected and despised. Jesus grew up i...
Also, the 12th disciple, Mathias, was chosen via gambling by the other disciples. They literally rolled the holy dice [1] amongst each other to choose him from among other choices. Then they claimed it was the Holy Spirit that chose him (??). Dice and chance had nothing to do with ...
5This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen,a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit;also Philip,Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.6They presented these men to the apostles, who prayedand laid their hands on them. ...
Rather than embracing repentance, they chose to kill the prophets who were sent to them; eventually orchestrating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Most assuredly, those who reject God’s message will suffer. Many years ago, I felt compelled to minister to a man who was struggling with drug ...
My ultimate dream is to “burn out” for Christ. If could chose my death, it would be right in the middle of a sermon, with two unfinished books in my computer and a pile of teachings in a folder nobody has heard. Then I would feel like I’ve given my all to God and truly inv...
anxious and worried about many things. Like Martha, we can become very anxious thinking that the whole of life depends on ME. Mary, though, chose, the “good portion”: it depends on Thee, O Lord. We need to fall back, “…into Christ Himself”. We need to hear again the Word, Ar...
Jesus gives the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to Peter, and declares that whatsoever he binds on earth shall be bound in Heaven, and whatsoever he looses upon earth shall be loosed in Heaven. Even though all 12 disciples are gathered together for this meeting, Jesus says these things only...
When Jesus preached his most famous sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, these same disciples were sitting on that grassy hillside on the north shores of the Sea of Galilee in Matthew 5 and heard, “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But...
16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other. The World Hates the Disciples 18 “If the world hates...