FOR YEARS I have heard it said by Christians of quite different stripes that we are to be Jesus' hands and feet. Closely related to this notion is the idea that the Christian community is to "incarnate" Jesus through its words and deeds, that it is to bring Jesus to people.Holmes, ...
He doesn’t say he called 11 of his disciples in one rotten scoundrel, he calls his disciples. So Judas by the biblical evidence, is a disciple of Christ and an apostle of Christ. Jesus also calls him part of the 12th. He says, did I not choose you? The 12 and one of you is ...
In that last year, I like to call private preparation. You see it on your chart there because during that last year, Jesus all of a sudden changes his tactics remarkably. And rather than going to where the Jews are, he is a non-Jewish territory. He's in Syrophoenicia, he...
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 t...
Sermon on the Mount E32 – In his fourth teaching on relationships and conflict in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus encourages his listeners to ask God for what they need. Because the three previous teachings don't directly tell us how to respond in specific situations, Jesus emphasizes that ...
“Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” When he had placed ...
Ministry & Missions Discover the Gospel of the Kingdom of God that Jesus preached, and the One True God that He worshiped.Study the Bibleand find like-minded brethren. “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end...
Many people think of God as a male, too. After all, Jesus called God the “Father” and referred to God as “He” and “Him” throughout His ministry on earth. But we also know this is a human constraint we have ascribed to God, who is the Great I Am and the Almighty, cr...
Previously, he had ministered in Corinth, a city in southern Greece, perhaps for around a year and a half, leaving behind a collection of believers in Jesus. After Paul left town, these folks continued to meet together in a regular gathering (ekklesia), or perhaps in several gatherings (...
What did angels have to do with Jesus' ministry? 1. Angels predicted His birth (Luke 1:26-33). The angel Gabriel predicted the birth of Christ to Mary. "And the angel said unto her, Do not be afraid, Mary: for you have found favor with God. And behold, you shall conceive in you...