It suggests that true understanding of the kingdom of heaven requires more than intellectual knowledge; it requires a heart and life transformed by Christ. in the kingdom of heavenThis phrase is central to Jesus' teachings and refers to the reign and rule of God, both in the present and ...
“You take Him and crucify Him,” Pilate replied, “for I find no basis for a charge against Him.”Matthew 26:3-4At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, / and they conspired to arrest Jesus ...
They were bargaining over him with Pilate trying to save him from death and the chief priests stirring up the crowd. “Crucify him. Crucify him”, they shouted. Really, they were crucifying me. I knew this moment would happen. I thought of the temple where...
~~ Pilate ~~ John 19:10-11 NKJV Then Pilate said to Him, "Are You not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have power to crucify You, and power to release You?" 11 Jesus answered, "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you from ...
and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 [aa]if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put...
4 Forconcerning thosewho were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, andwere made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 andthen fell away, it isimpossibleto renew themagain to repentance;seeing theycrucify the ...
[example] is nearby/ yes, it is even evidentlywithinthis city burntdown to ashes; soon we could do a comparison between Jerusalem and ourselves/ when itcomes to an ungodly and nonrepentant life/ because even if we did not crucify Christ bodily,we have probably crucified him spiritually with...
It was at the EARTHLY JERUSALEM that the Jews cried out, “His blood be upon us and on our children,” when demanding Pilate to crucify Christ. Jerusalem became a river of blood…and the blood keeps on flowing. The “Israel of God,” says St Paul in Galatians, is not made up of Je...
How can we understand the truth, crucify our flesh with its passions and lusts, and purify ourselves from the filth of the flesh and spirit without repentance? How can we be resurrected by faith and be enlightened by the light of Christ in the heart if we have no prayer?
If he agrees with the Talmud that the Pharisees did the right thing by having Jesus crucified, then that Jew today is as guilty as the Jewish mob that sided with the Pharisees 2,000 years ago, shouting “Crucify Him, crucify Him.” Mk. 15:13. If, however, the modern Jew ...