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Your Mistake – You Don’t Know the Power of God
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. Matthew 22:29 NLT The Power of God Psalm 68: God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him! 2 As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive…
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Your Mistake – Leaders Handling Controversy
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God. Matthew 22:29 NLT An Answer to Controversy How do leaders under constant scrutiny of the public eye handle controversy? Perhaps a leader or two from our times may come to mind. A typical scenario: A leader makes…
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For you will always have the poor – 2
“For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always.” – John 12:1 NKJV This remark of Jesus cuts right to the quick, does it not? A sense of urgency here: the Son of Man is about to depart from the company of those the Lord came to save. An…
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For you will always have the poor
Why mention the poor? Once again, Jesus makes what appears to be an offhand remark about the poor. Jesus often criticized the leaders of Temple and Pharisees for their treatment of the poor; doesn’t this remark catch you off guard? It would be easy enough to lose the context of Jesus’ apparent ambivalence toward the…
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for it was not the season for figs – 8
The Fig Tree Languishes In this concluding part of our 8-part series we draw our conclusions of why JESUS on his way to Jerusalem cursed the fig tree. [circa 835 BC] The Prophet Joel: 1:3 Tell your children of it,and let your children tell their children,and their children to another generation… Generations recall what has been…
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for it was not the season for figs – 6
When I would gather them, declares the LORD,there are no grapes on the vine,nor figs on the fig tree;even the leaves are withered,and what I gave them has passed away from them.” Jeremiah 8:13 Jesus’ Lament over Jerusalem’s crowds Recall the fig tree and all the symbols of Jerusalem. You can almost hear Jesus lamenting:…
