leaving the room for a moment, then returning with a jar of nard, a fragrant oil originating in the Himalayas and transported at great expense along the ancient trade route from Asia to the Middle East. It was worth a year’s wages, so when Mary, without saying a word of explanation, ...
In the Upper Room, Jesus exhorts the Twelve as Teacher/Rabbi and Lord (kyrios), the one who has a right to command (which we'll consider further in Lesson 5):"You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have ...
11 I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven. 12 But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing ...
At one point in my life I felt like I was stuck and unable to move. I couldn’t pray. I couldn’t understand any of the Scripture I was reading. Then the Lord showed me a word: Petrify. To make rigid or inert like stone; to make lifeless or inactive(Merriam-Webster Dictionary) ...
We must grasp these categories from Scripture. We must also understand their context within biblical history. Otherwise, our understanding of God will be impersonal. It will also be superficial. These categories help us to see what God is like and why He came to do, did, and does now....
“There were many lamps in the upper room where theywere gathered together.” Acts 20: 8 Since there were many lights in the upper room, we can deduct it was night time. Was it Sunday (1st-Day) night or Saturday night (7th Day)? It was the dark part of the First Day of the Wee...
After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given...
“Brothers, the Scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide for those who arrested Jesus. / He was one of our number and shared in this ministry.” / (Now with the reward for his wickedness Judas bought a ...
In the upper room with the 120 Jesus told them of their one task: to make disciples of all nations. The command to go was all they had at their disposal. He did not leave them with a large bank account, instruction manuals, flow charts, church growth conferences or three-year plans. ...
The Bible records that the disciples were sticking closely together from the time of Jesus ascension up to and when they were gathered in the upper room. Acts 1:9-11 (NASB) And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out...