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I SAW YESTERDAY THAT THE POPE SAID THAT JESUS WAS A FAILURE ON THE CROSS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE AS I READ THE BIBLE, TO ME, JESUS DID IT ALL. WHAT REALLY DISTURBED ME WAS THE FACT THAT THE AUDIENCE, I AM SURE ALL CATHOLICS, WERE CLAPPING AND CHEERING OVER WHAT HE SAID. THE BIBLE SAYS FOR US TO BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE POPE THINkS JESUS FAILED AT. HE TOOK ALL OF OUR SINS AND DISEASES ON HIMSELF AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, HE DIED FOR US. WHAT MORE DID THE POPE WANT.
All The Wrong Reasons
July 27th
Luke 15:28 'And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.'
LUKE 15:25-28
If this elder son had considered his brother, he would have rejoiced at his return even as his father did. Rather, he was totally self-centered (that's pride) and became angry. This illustrates Proverbs 13:10; 'only by pride cometh contention.'
How can we esteem others better than ourselves when in truth we really think we are better than others? Some people are better athletes than others. Some are better businessmen than others. Some are better speakers than others, and so forth. First, we need to recognize that our accomplishments don't make us...
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING IN THE BIBLE AND WHEN YOU TELL THEM WHAT YOU BELIEVE, THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE WRONG ? I HAVE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT BEING A SIN TO CARVE AN ANIMAL OR SOMETHING OUT OF A PALM TREE TRUNK AND I SAID THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS A SIN. THEY ASKED ME WHAT I DID WITH THE SECOND OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, DEUTERONOMY 5:8, WHICH READS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION "Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth."
The Father's Love
July 26th
Luke 15:20 'And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.'
LUKE 15:20
For this boy's father to have seen him 'a great way off' would imply that the Father had been eagerly awaiting his son's return. Certainly, in the spiritual
Jesus was using this parable to...
A FRIEND AND I WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY AND HE WAS HAVING A PROBLEM. I SAID USE YOUR FAITH AND BELIEVE GOD'S PROMISES. HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FAITH. I ASKED HIM IF HE BELIEVED THE BIBLE? I KNEW HE WAS A CHRISTIAN, AND HE SAID CERTAINLY. THEN HOW CAN YOU SAY YOU HAVE NO FAITH? I SAID YOU HAVE THE SAME FAITH AS EVERYONE ELSE. HE SAID HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT. I ASK HIM AGAIN, DO YOU BELIEVE THE BIBLE? IT SAYS IN ROMANS 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Negatives Become Positives
July 25th
Luke 15:18 'I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee.'
LUKE 15:18-19
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IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THE STORY OF THE FIG TREE JESUS SPOKE TO, I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT. AFTER HE HAD DRIVEN THE MONEY CHANGERS OUT OF THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM, HE WENT TO BETHANY TO SPEND THE NIGHT. ON HIS WAY BACK TO JERUSALEM HE SAW A FIG TREE AND IT WAS FULL OF LEAVES AND WHEN A FIG TREE HAS LEAVES, IT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE FIGS. HE WAS HUNGRY BUT THE TREE HAD NO FIGS ON IT. SINCE IT WAS MISREPRESENTING NATURE, HE CURSED IT AND IT WITHERED AWAY.
JESUS USED A METAPHOR TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIG TREE COULD HAPPEN TO A MOUNTAIN IF YOU HAVE FAITH TO BELIEVE. READ WHAT JESUS SAID, (MATTHEW 21:21-22 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye...
Hard Knocks Or God's Word
July 24th
Luke 15:17 'And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!'
LUKE 15:11-17
God's Word makes it clear that the wages of sin is death (Rom. 6:23). Romans 1:18-20 reveals that even those who don't know God's Word have an intuitive knowledge of right and wrong and God's judgment against sin.
Therefore, for anyone to live in sin, as depicted by this prodigal son, they have to be deceived. This is exactly what the Bible says is the case in 2 Corinthians 4:4. When Jesus said, 'he came to himself,' He was referring to the deception being removed and the son's spiritual eyes being...
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MUSIC YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO? WHAT TYPE ARE YOU LISTENING TO? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MUSIC YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN ARE LISTENING TO? WHAT ARE THE CONTENT OF THE LYRICS? DO THEY GLORIFY JESUS?
The Cost Of Discipleship
July 23rd
Luke 14:28 'For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?'
LUKE 14:25-35
The parable of the man building a tower is a continuation of the teaching regarding what it takes to be a disciple of Jesus. This parable stresses commitment. 'Jailhouse religion,' where a