Matthew 12:31-32 / Mark 3:28-30…Many people have grieved over the idea that they may be guilty of this sin. What is the unforgiveable sin? It is to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. The immediate context was that they kept saying that what Jesus did was... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Matthew 12:22-30 / Mark 3:20-27 / Luke 11:14-23… People were amazed at the power of Jesus, they couldn’t deny it. The exorcisms drew so much attention from people that it was impossible for anyone to even eat because it was so crowded aro [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Luke 11:5-8…Jesus is telling the disciples a story about the value of pleading. This illustration would have been very well understood by the audience of the day, as visitors were well treated (Genesis 18:1-8 / Hebrews 13:2). To tell a visitor that... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Luke 11:1-4…Jesus had already taught the disciples how to pray (Matthew 6:5-15). But as they began to really understand how important prayer was to Jesus’ own life, and how it kept Him in contact with God (Luke 9:28-31), they were stirred up to ask... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Luke 10:38-42…Sometimes it can be too easy to work too hard in doing too much. We can turn a wonderful opportunity for joy, celebration, learning, and love, into an obstacle to those very things, and we may even put the wall up for others as well.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Luke 10:29-37…The lawyer was trusting in his ability to perform. The problem is that he knows that he cannot fulfill this requirement if it means all it could mean. In trying to justify himself, he sought an exact meaning of “neighbor”, so as to... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Luke 10:25-28…It is instructive to see that Luke places this incident directly following Jesus giving thanks to His Father, “that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children”. The “little... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Luke 10:23-24…Jesus was turning from the larger group that was sent out and looking back to the twelve, saying that they were blessed to see the beginnings, the visible spread of the kingdom of God. Our role is not the same as theirs. But our eyes... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Matthew 11:28-30…This promise doesn’t seem very real to many. The whole idea of getting ahead in life is working hard so that we can rest for a while. Yet it never seems to happen, even if and when our hopes and dreams become realities. This is the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Matthew 11:25-27 / Luke 10:21-22…Many worry because they just don’t seem to have a grip on things as much as others seem to. Yet Jesus gives us a cause for resting in Him right here in these verses. God reveals His will to the humble in heart. God... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
