Tag: mark
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By What Authority? – Leaders, Law, Scriptures, God
When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan. – Proverbs 29:2 This Palm Sunday post continues Lent 2018 series: ‘Your Mistake‘. What authority in A.D. 2018? Can you come up with a proverb from scripture anymore applicable to leaders of this 21st century? They self-appoint a leader…
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Times of Difficulty – 3
Watch Yourselves Luke 21: 34 “But watch yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a trap. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 But stay awake at all…
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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 – 1
Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,and he who guards his master will be honored. – Proverbs 27:18 Consider the Creator of the garden approaching a fig tree before its season. Who will guard the Son of Man as He enters the Temple and fast-approaches the reproach of the Cross? Prologue to this series…
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for it was not the season for figs – prologue
Lost in the glory of the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday we find a brief story much overlooked. The story of Jesus cursing a fig tree not only seems much out of character for the Lord, but relatively insignificant. I cannot recall ever hearing it preached simply on its own merits. In…
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(Go into all the world and) SHARE the Gospel – 2
The Great Commission Preach the gospel (KJV & others); proclaim the gospel (ESV & others); share the good news: kēryssō euaggelion – publish good tidings to every creature. [ctt title=”You share everything else on social media, why not share the good news of Jesus Christ” tweet=”https://ctt.ec/505h7+ Twitter, Pinterest: share TalkofJesus” coverup=”505h7″] Jesus, the Messiah of God died…
