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“5When they came to the land of Canaan, 6Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. 7Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared …
Discipleship means giving oneself fully to the Lord and striving to follow and imitate Jesus by sanctifying oneself from sin with the help of the Holy Spirit, studying the Bible, praying and practicing what Jesus instructed all his disciples to do. Active discipleship has its natural starting point in the church, but should also be worked on individually. Discipleship can …
Titus 3:1 We Christians need to constantly remind ourselves and each other to live the Christian life. Because of our sinful nature, it is very easy for us to forget to do what is good and fall away from the will of God. In my personal opinion, communion is a great opportunity to remind ourselves of the important things in …
Luke 10:38 Jesus was good friends with the sisters Martha and Mary and their brother Lazarus, whom Jesus also raised from the dead on another occasion (John 11). They lived just outside Jerusalem in the village of Bethany. The passage just before this text, “The Good Samaritan”, begins with a lawyer asking Jesus what one should do to have eternal …
Luke 9:51 A more literal translation of the word “taken up” is “exaltation”, which is a reference to Jesus’ exaltation on the tree of the cross, Jesus’ victory, Jesus’ resurrection, and Jesus’ ascension into heaven. Jesus is a role model in every way. In this passage we can learn to be “determined” to fulfill the mission God has given us. …
Luke 9:23 As if it wasn’t hard enough for the disciples to hear that their Messiah would suffer and die, now Jesus says that they will ALSO meet the same fate! When the Romans crucified slaves and criminals, they used to let these condemned people carry their own cross on the way to the place of execution. To “take up …
Luke 6:43-44 There are many different types of trees, all of which produce different fruit, but when a fruit tree bears bad fruit, it is of no use. For the sinner it is not strange to bear sinful fruit, but for the forgiven disciple it should be natural to be loving, to speak well of others, to be generous, to …
Luke 5:1-3 Jesus, and several of the first disciples, lived near Lake Gennesaret, or the Sea of Galilee as it is better known. Working as a fisherman was a tough job in Jesus’ day. At night, people fished, and during the day they cleaned and rinsed the nets in preparation for the next fishing trip, and then sold or salted …
Matt 4:18 This was not the first time Peter, Andrew, James and John met Jesus, but it was the first time Jesus called them to leave their work and follow him. Jesus could have talked to them about this when they met in the synagogue, but he deliberately chooses to call them when they are in the middle of their …
Mark 12:42 The “poor widow” is a sharp contrast to the aforementioned scribes. Perhaps she was poor precisely because a scribe had eaten her out of house and home? The poor widow had two coins and could in good conscience have chosen to spend half of what she had, but she gave all of what she had. Mark 12:44 It’s …