“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” (Matthew 5:4) OK, when you read the above — the second of the beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount — what comes to mind as to what Jesus is saying? If your answer is that He is saying that God will comfort...
After selecting His twelve Apostles on a mountaintop, Jesus and His disciples begin to descend the mountain, pausing at a flat area (a plain) where many people from the surrounding areas are waiting to see Him and be healed of various diseases (see Luke 6:17). After...
Lest we ever think that we know enough to make all of our own decisions, consider how Jesus — the wisest man who ever lived — approaches an important decision: “He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God” (Luke 6:12) In this...
When Jesus healed the lame man at the Pool of Bethesda, did the onlookers cheer at the sight of this man who was miraculously walking along, carrying his bed? No, they said, “It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed” (John 5:10). When Jesus’...
In Old Testament times, the Israelites relied on the Law of Moses to govern most of their worship practices. One of these involved the concept of “shewbread” which consisted of twelve loaves of bread (representing the twelve tribes of Israel) that were...
More than a year has passed since Jesus was baptized and began His ministry. It’s Passover time again, so Jesus is in Jerusalem for the second Passover of His ministry. While He is in Jerusalem, He stops by a local bathing place known as the Pool of Bethesda....
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