God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
¨Again the kingdom of the heavens is like a traveling merchant seeking fine pearls.¨ Matthew 13:45 (Reference Bible) Matthew 44 to 46 tells us the words Jesus used to describe a peculiar point about the treasures found in the Spiritual Realm. Jesus uses the analogies of a merchant seeking fine pearls and a man discovering... Continue Reading →
¨At that time the righteous ones will shine as brightly as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him that has ears listen.¨ Matthew 13:43 (Reference Bible) There is a fear that comes from throwing out accusations of our failures to completely understand the scriptures or spiritual things. For sure there are many... Continue Reading →
Then after dismissing the crowds he went into the house. And the disciples came to him and said: ¨Explain to us the illustration of the weeds in the field.¨ Matthew 13:36 (Reference Bible) We who read the Bible today have a slight advantage in some way over those who heard Jesus preach. Jesus Christ spoke... Continue Reading →
All this Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and spoke nothing to them without parable, Matthew 13:34 (Byington) Matthew 13 is full of parables Jesus used to instruct the people or us if you will, into the wealth and knowledge of how things are in the spiritual realm. Man, since the fall has been... Continue Reading →
So the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ¨Master, did you not sow fine seed in your field? How, then, does it have weeds?¨ Matthew 13:27 (New World Translation) Wouldn´t it be a nice trick to be able to say that the weeds in Jesus´ parable were the people... Continue Reading →
¨But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.¨ Matthew 13:16 (KJV) In Matthew 13 verses 16 to 23 Jesus gives us some great light into the way things truly are. He tries to help us take all the external human and worldly things and peel them back so we... Continue Reading →
And the disciples approached and said to him ¨Why do you speak to them in parables?¨ Matthew 13:10 (Byington) The words of Jesus, being of spiritual context, can and do have levels or layers of truth. Jesus Christ was the very Son of God came down to dwell on earth in a human body. However... Continue Reading →
As an answer he said to the one telling him: ¨Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?¨ Matthew 12:48 (Reference Bible) In these final verses of Matthew 12 we find the story of Jesus where His mother and His brothers came to visit Him. They stood outside the crowded place and asked someone... Continue Reading →
Have you ever tried to fix some problem with your computer by running some clean up or fix it program, only to find out that your computer runs worse afterwards? Sometimes when we try to improve it by running another program that makes changes, these changes that are made alter in some way how the... Continue Reading →
Then as an answer to him some of the scribes and Pharisees said: ¨Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.¨ Matthew 12:38 (Reference Bible) As usual the world is set in sharp contrast to the teachings and workings of Jesus. In Matthew 12 verses 38 to 42 Jesus was confronted by the ambitious... Continue Reading →
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