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Now…at the feast were some Greeks…came to Philip…and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” John 12:20-26 After Jesus’ “Triumphal Entry,” He goes into the Temple. He cleanses the Temple as He had done the previous years of His earthly ministry. Matthew tells of Jesus healing the lame and blind there in the Temple. Here, in…

“Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt!” John 12:12-19 We come, now, to the beginning of the end of Jesus of Nazareth’s earthly ministry. We commemorate the Sunday before Easter as the day Jesus came into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, in fulfillment of the prophecy found…

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. Psalm 14 On this April Fool’s day, let Christians remember that there are people in this world who think, act and, say, “There is no god.” This psalm of David goes on to tell us…

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt… Luke 18:9-14 Among the audience for this parable were those who “trusted in themselves,” those who believed they were “righteous” and, these people treated others with “contempt.” Jesus uses a Pharisee, possibly the most righteous man a Jew…

Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He [Jesus] answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed…And He said to the disciples, “The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it… Luke…

ten lepers…lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us…He said to him (the one leper), “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.” Luke 17:11-19 In the ancient middle east, once someone had been diagnosed with leprosy, that person suffered the worst of all possible quarantines. Quarantine for a leper, for leprosy…

Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, “Come at once and recline at table”…Does he (the master) thank the servant because he did what was commanded?… Luke 17:7-10 Christians, this is teaching that we need for today’s world! In…

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. Luke 17:5-6 This short teaching by Jesus contains a lot to learn for the disciple. The Disciples had…

…He [Jesus] said to His disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come…if he (your brother) sins against you seven times in the day…saying, “I repent,” you must forgive him. Luke 17:1-4 Jesus, teaching His Disciples and Christians throughout history, tells us that temptations are guaranteed to come to all Christians. When one understands that all humans are born…

There was a rich man…And, at his gate, was laid a poor man named Lazarus… Luke 16:19-31 In an extensive survey of a cross-section of people in America, most of people, in the church and outside of the church, asserted their belief in the existence and reality of heaven. Yet, most of them denied the existence…