Happy 2019 to each and every one of you. I pray that you all will feel the Holy Spirit in your life and the Word of God goes not only to your brain but lives in your heart. This week is parable number 44, No One Knows the Day or Hour. This parable found in …
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The birth of John the Baptist foretold Luke 1: 5 – 25 5When Herod was king of Judea, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He was a member of the priestly order of Abijah, and his wife, Elizabeth, was also from the priestly line of Aaron.6Zechariah and Elizabeth were righteous in God’s eyes, careful …
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This week we can find our parable in Matthew 25:1-13 but a few things I would like to point out before our discussion of this weeks’ parable. Matthew 25 should have started with 24:42. That is the turning point in Jesus' Olivet Discourse. In Matthew 24:4-41, Jesus provided doctrinal exposition on future events, in answer …
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What would you do if you knew that a thief would try to rob your home tonight? If you’re going to visit a country with malaria mosquitos, what would you do in advance? If you’re going to be someplace where pickpockets are active, what do you do? If a non-Christian looked at your life today, …
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Having described questions about the turbulent end of the age and his own glorious return, Jesus continued to answer the disciples’ question regarding the “sign” of his coming. When it comes to knowing the time of Jesus return, the answer is twofold. First, the signs he had already provided gave some idea of the general …
Jesus will reject those who refuse his invitation into honor and privilege, replacing them with true worshipers, those restored from sin by his grace. The hypocrites got the message, but Jesus was not finished. There was one more aspect of their disobedience that needed to be confronted. This is a poor place for a chapter …
In this weeks’ parable, Jesus continued with his second blow against the credibility of Israel's leaders. Although they fancied themselves to be big-time leaders and rulers of Israel, he charged, they were actually only custodians of God's vineyard. Let us read our parable found in Matthew 21:33-44. 33 “Listen to another parable: There was a …
Early in the Vietnam war, a section of jungle called War Zone D was one tough stretch of enemy-infested ground. It was a “secret” zone about which allied intelligence knew almost nothing, except to stay away. Conventional allied infantry units never went near it. Finally, allied intelligence decided to invade the enemy’s sanctuary. But no …
We are back this week and the parable for this blog message is found in Luke 19:12 – 27, the parable of the Minas. A minas is a Greek measure of money equal to slightly more than three months salary or one-sixtieth of a talent. Even though the actual parable begins in verse 12 I …
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This week's parable is about dedicated kingdom living involving prayer that confesses one's sin and seeks God for forgiveness, not prayer that praises self, and excludes others. We can find this week's parable in Luke 18:1 - 14. 9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told …
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