“After three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting, among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions” (Luke 2:46) Question, what was this boy Jesus like as child. The Bible only gives the small look at His childhood - from the cradle to the beginning of His public ministry when He …
Day 9 – At the Temple: About His Father’s Business Read More »
“Like a dove” the Spirit descended down from heaven upon Him at His baptism. The dove is a particularly appropriate symbol because it is graceful bird. In Matthew 10:16, Jesus told His disciples to be “as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.” The word dove implies a guileless, open book, “what you see …
Day 10 – At the Jordan: The Spirit Came Like a Dove Read More »
“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there? Nathanael asked” (John 1:46). This was not a compliment. Can anything good come from Nazareth, this little out of the way village on the hillside of Galilee? Every state and country has a place like Nazareth - a place so out of the way nothing could ever be …
Day 11 – Nazareth: Can Anything Good Come from There? Read More »
“I saw you while you were you still under the fig tree before Philip called you” (John 1:48). Jesus saw Nathanael before Nathanael saw him. This is a statement of a huge spiritual truth: Salvation is of the Lord. Salvation always starts with God. It never starts with us. It is God’s work from start …
“Then Jesus said to Simon, ‘Don’t be afraid; from now on you will catch men.’ So, they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed Him” (Luke 5:10-11) “Fear not and follow Me.” Five words that sum up the call that Christ makes to all of us. Casting aside our concern about tomorrow …
“When they came to Jesus, they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons, sitting there, dressed and in his right mind; and those who had seen it described to them what had happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs. And they began to beg Jesus to depart from …
“On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.” (John 2:1-2) There are two facts that are key in this story of Jesus turning water into wine. Number 1 - Mary expects her Baby Boy to …
“He made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; He scattered the coins of money changers and overturned their tables” (John 2:15) There is a time when the only thing you can do is clean house. That is exactly what Jesus decided to do. He decided …
Day 16 – The Temple Courts: Jesus Makes a Ruckus Read More »
“Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them” (Luke 5:29) Evangelism, discipling at its finest. Jesus is being followed by the tax collector and entertained him. Plus, he included his tax collector buddies to come on over. It was a …
“Which is easier: to say to the paralytic, your sins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘get up, take your mat and walk’”? Mark (2:9) Is this a trick question? He was making His critics think and then think some more. “Your sins are forgiven.” It is easy to say those words. But it is another …