Israel had been disobeying him for centuries now, although most of them thought that they were obeying him as never before. They had turned God’s law into a legalistic formula. John the Baptist came on the scene explaining how they had missed the entire point of the law. Jesus also spen...
“‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. 9My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me. 10“ ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. “‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you ...
So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.” / “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.John 20:30-31Jesus ...
39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is not against [g]us is on [h]our side. 41 For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink in My name, because you belong to Christ, assure...
If Jesus came to save the whole world, Why did he manifest himself only to the region around present day Israel? To construct this 'model', we do THREE things: We note the 'boundary' conditions--those data which are 'fixed' and not subject to re-interpretation. These data will function...
35He did this to make what the prophet had said come true: “I will use parables when I speak to them; I will tell them things unknown since the creation of the world.” Jesus Explains the Parable of the Weeds 36When Jesus had left the crowd and gone indoors, his disciples came to...
Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As...
Why did Jesus tell his eleven disciples to baptize people in the names of all three members of the Trinity? Why not one or two? It is obvious from this passage that the entire Trinity is God. Jesus Is God We understand that many people agree that God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit exist...
24Sowhen the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”26Jesus answered them, “Very ...
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in ...