God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? Mark 3:33 (KJV) When Jesus speaks these words, is He talking only to those who stood there before Him that one day telling Him that His family was waiting for Him outside? Do we truly believe that the words of Jesus are the... Continue Reading →
He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.” Mark 3:30 (NIV) Jesus had been accused of doing what He did by the power of Beelzebub. He turned things around on them and exposed the fact that the Devil worked towards his causes using the spirit of darkness, but Jesus deliberately worked... Continue Reading →
“However, whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of everlasting sin.” Mark 3:29 (Reference Bible) These are not times to be speaking loudly about spirits. History has recorded many horrible atrocities committed by spiritualist and the common man´s dealings with such people. It is a subject that is not... Continue Reading →
When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call... Continue Reading →
“Why does this man speak so? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but one, God?” Mark 2:7 (Byington) The scribes sitting there were thinking to themselves and they could not find reason for Jesus to declare the forgiveness of sins. They were completely right in that forgiveness does not originate from any man, only... Continue Reading →
And when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic: “Child, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5 (Reference Bible) Word gets around that Jesus is back in town. We go at once and find where He is and fight the pressing crowd until we make our way through to the front. He is in... Continue Reading →
At that he was moved with pity, and he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him: “I want to, Be made clean.” Mark 1:41 (Reference Bible) We fallen beings got it all wrong. When we were designed, sin did not live within us. Unfortunately we let it in and all our... Continue Reading →
Now after John was put under arrest Jesus went into Galilee, preaching the good news of God. Mark 1:14 (Reference Bible) Jesus starts His ministry and comes public with His message. And what was Jesus teaching? The good news about God! We have a tendency as Christians to become so familiar with our doctrines and... Continue Reading →
The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. Mark 1:12 (ESV) One can almost picture the scene of Jesus rising up out of the water. The whole moment is charged with emotion and strong conviction. Jesus and John both are acutely in tune with their hearts supplication to the Living God. They know and... Continue Reading →
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 →
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