Monthly Archives: April 2019

Chief Priests and Elders to Judas before he committed suicide: “We’re through with you, friend.  The state of your soul is really none of our affair.” (Matthew 27:4b, Voice) The Chief Priests and Elders who treated Judas as one of their own, now discarded him as worthless.  He had no further use to them so they tossed him aside.   The people who were supposed to be responsible for caring for his soul really didn’t care about it at all.   They…..

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“If you want to follow Me, you must deny yourself the things you think you want.  You must pick up your cross and follow Me.   The person who wants to save his life must lose it, and she who loses her life for Me will find it.” (Matthew 16:24-25, Voice) How do we know what to deny ourselves and what not to deny ourselves?  If I am offered a something that I am excited about and “want,” should I deny…..

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“After washing their feet and picking up His garments, He reclined at the table again.  Jesus: ‘Do you understand what I have done to you?  You call Me Teacher and Lord, and truly, that is who I am.  So if your Lord and Teacher washes your feet, then you should wash one another’s feet.  I am your example:  keep doing what I do.’”  (John 13:12-15, Voice) Commentary about this notes that when Jesus sees disease, sickness and sin, He sees…..

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“John preached a stern but exciting message: ‘Repent! For the kingdom of heaven is near.’   John’s proclamation fulfilled a promise made by the ancient prophet Isaiah, who had said, ‘There will be a voice calling from the desert, saying, Prepare the road for the Eternal One’s journey; repair and straighten out every mile of our God’s highway.”     (Matthew 3:1-3) John understood the significance of the time that he lived in.   He heard from God and was clear about what God…..

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