Dirty Hands

So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, “Why don´t your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?” Mark 7:5 (TNIV) They got caught.  Jesus´ followers were eating food with unclean hands.  They failed to observe the norm, the rule, what all the... Continue Reading →

Jesus Came to Be Heard

And he said to them “Let us go elsewhere, to the adjoining towns, that I may preach there also; for it was for this that I came out.”  Mark 1:38 (Byington) Why did Jesus come?  What does He say it was for?  What is your take on it?  Do you ask yourself these questions?  Or... Continue Reading →

Jesus Baptized

At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.  Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.  And a voice came from heaven: “You are my Son, whom I love;... Continue Reading →

His Appointed Time

  He said: ¨Go into the city and to So-and-so and say to him, The Teacher says, ´My appointed time is near; I will celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your home.´¨  Matthew 26:18 (Reference Bible) There is so much to consider here in just one text.  That Jesus could be working on so... Continue Reading →

You Will See!

¨And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.¨  Matthew 24:30 (KJV) Here it is; it comes straight from the mouth of... Continue Reading →

When Will It Be?

While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him by themselves, saying ¨Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the final time.¨   Matthew 24:3 (Byington) There seems to be growing within the body of so-called believers, a sensation of vagueness... Continue Reading →

Destroying the Temple

And He answered them ¨You see all this, do you not? I tell you verily, there shall not be one stone left upon another here that shall not be torn down.¨ Matthew 24:2 (Byington) The words Jesus spoke as His disciples showed Him the wonderful buildings of the temple in Jerusalem would one day be... Continue Reading →

Not Seeing Jesus

¨For I tell you, you shall not see me from henceforth until you say ´Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.´¨  Matthew 23:39 (Reference Bible) One could teach many wonderful truths buried like gems within the last three verses of Matthew 23.  Like the thought of Jesus looking over His people... Continue Reading →

Over Land and Sea

¨Woe to you, hypocrite scribes and Pharisees, because you go the rounds of the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when you get him you make him more of a candidate for hell twice over than you are yourselves.¨  Matthew 23:15 (Byington) The Christian is a marvelous creature.  Once we think we... Continue Reading →

Woe to Who?

¨But woe to you, hypocrite scribes and Pharisees, because you lock the Reign of heaven in men´s faces; for you do not go in yourselves and neither do you let those go in who are going in.¨  Matthew 23:13 (Byington) Jesus spoke much about the reign of heaven or the kingdom.  It seems a point... Continue Reading →

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