John 14:1-3 (ESVST) 1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2 In my Father ‘s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am ...
Jesus is still with his disciples at the last supper and he had already washed their feet, given them the new love commandment, told them who was going to betray him and told Peter that he was going to deny him. All this was in chapter 13. These kind of news would obviously create anxiety among the disciples. Jesus, knowing what is in people hearts, saw that the disciples were ...
Jeremiah 18:1-12 (NLTse) 1 The L ord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, 2 “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” 3 So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. 4 But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he crushed it into a lump of clay again and ...
Israel was God’s chosen nation that was supposed to be the nation through which, the word of God was to be preached throughout the world. God rescued them from Egypt and made a covenant with them. This covenant included Laws that they were to obey if they were to remain God’s chosen nation. Israel continually rebelled against God by failing to obey his laws. The passage below is one of ...
Now let’s look at how God himself defines fasting and what He regards as true fasting. We will discuss three topics: 1) Incorrect way of fasting,2) Correct way of fasting and 3) Benefits of fasting correctly Isaiah 58:1-12 (NIV) 1) Incorrect way of fasting 1 “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob ...
What is fasting and who and why must we fast? Let’s take a look at the history in the Old Testament of fasting. The Hebrew word used in the Old Testament for fasting is the word “sum” a verb meaning to abstain from food. It is most often used with the Hebrew word “Ana” which means to deal harshly with oneself or self affliction. The word to fast is used ...
The Lord’s Prayer is found in the gospel of Matthew and Luke only. The one in Luke is given by Jesus as an answer to a question from one of his disciples. One of his disciples asked him to teach them how to pray. Luke 11:1-4 (ESVST) 1 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “ Lord, teach ...
John 13:31-38 (ESVST) 31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “ Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. It is Judas who has gone out in the above verse. Once he left, Jesus told them that now he is Glorified and God is also ...
John 13:21-30 (ESVST) 21 After saying these things, Jesus was troubled in his spirit, and testified, “ Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. “After saying these things”, refers to what Jesus just said regarding the servant not being greater that the master in verse 20 above. Jesus was troubled knowing that he ...
I am writing this message out of a sad heart. Sad because of the way I see people, especially the poor, how they are being robbed of their God given money by the so called “men of god”. Sad because I see the poor giving away their last cent to these “men of god” thinking that it is what God wants. I see this happening time and time again. Wherever ...
