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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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HOW FAR WOULD YOU TRAVEL FOR JESUS?
HOW FAR WOULD YOU TRAVEL FOR JESUS?
I WAS READING THIS MORNING IN MATTHEW ABOUT WHEN JESUS BEGAN HIS MINISTRY. AFTER HE WAS BAPTIZED BY JOHN, THE BIBLE SAYS HE WAS LED UP BY THE SPIRIT INTO THE WILDERNESS AND AFTER FASTING FOR 40 DAYS HE WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL.
AFTER THE THREE TEMPTATIONS, THE ANGELS CAME AND MINISTERED TO HIM.
AFTER THIS, HE HEARD THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS IN PRISON AND HE LEFT NAZARETH AND WENT TO CAPERNAUM. WHEN WE READ SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE NEVER CONSIDER HOW FAR THAT IS AND THEY WERE WALKING. ANOTHER EXAMPLE, MARY AND JOSEPH TRAVELED 70 MILES TO PAY THEIR TAXES. THAT HAD TO TAKE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AND MARY WAS NINE MONTHS PREGNANT. BELOW I HAVE LISTED SOME MILEAGES FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
FROM JERUSALEM TO
Bethany - 2 miles
Bethlehem - 6 miles
Bethphage - 1 mile
Caesarea - 57 miles
Caesarea Philippi - 105 miles
Capernaum - 85 miles
Dead Sea - 6 miles
Emmaus - 16 miles
Jericho - 15 miles
Joppa - 35 miles
Jordan River - 21 miles
Mediterranean Sea - 37 miles
Salim - 50 miles
Samaria - 36 miles
Sea of Galilee - 70 miles
THE REASON I AM MENTIONING THIS IS BECAUSE I GET SO TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT IF THE CHURCH THEY WANTED TO GO TO WASN'T SO FAR AWAY, THEY WOULD GO. LET'S JUST SAY THE CHURCH IS THE SAME DISTANCE IT IS FROM JERUSALEM TO JOPPA, 35 MILES. WHAT IF THEY HAD TO WALK TO IT. NO, THEY GET INTO THEIR AIR CONDITIONED CAR, TURN ON SOME GOOD MUSIC AND ARE THERE IN ABOUT 25 MINUTES. IN MY OPINION, IT IS AN EXCUSE AND THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO TO CHURCH. THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, JUST REMIND THEM WHAT THE MOTHER OF THEIR SAVIOR WENT THROUGH. MAYBE THAT WILL SHAME THEM INTO GOING TO CHURCH.
SO, THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE STUDYING YOUR BIBLE AND COME ACROSS WHERE JESUS IS TRAVELING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER, JUST CONSIDER THE WALK THEY HAD. I BELIEVE IT WILL PUT THE SCRIPTURE IN A WHOLE NEW LIGHT. I WOULD NOT LIKE TO WALK 35 MILES TO CHURCH, WOULD YOU?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
