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I just finished Matt 20 -
We should be thankful for our trials & blessings from The Lord. Because the first will ask why the last receive the same Goodness as they. We all receive The Lord's blessings equally & we should not be jealous of our brothers' or sisters' rewards.
34*So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
Recently a young guy in church received a blessing from The Lord & he was able to hear clearly when before he could not hear well & struggled constantly. In this verse & in Giovanni's (the young guy) blessing I see a lesson. We are given our senses to learn with and we should use our senses to praise Him... To hear Him to see His works.
We have these senses for a reason & those who do not would likely use them to praise The Lord so much more joyously than many with all their senses. & if you struggle with any of your senses, than perhaps The Lord wants to tell you something?
We should be thankful for our trials & blessings from The Lord. Because the first will ask why the last receive the same Goodness as they. We all receive The Lord's blessings equally & we should not be jealous of our brothers' or sisters' rewards.
34*So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.
Recently a young guy in church received a blessing from The Lord & he was able to hear clearly when before he could not hear well & struggled constantly. In this verse & in Giovanni's (the young guy) blessing I see a lesson. We are given our senses to learn with and we should use our senses to praise Him... To hear Him to see His works.
We have these senses for a reason & those who do not would likely use them to praise The Lord so much more joyously than many with all their senses. & if you struggle with any of your senses, than perhaps The Lord wants to tell you something?
Matt 21 - This chapter made me sad and angry. This chapter speaks of Christs frustration with the old teachers.
12*And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13*And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
The parable is awesome.
Matthew 21:33-41
12*And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13*And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
The parable is awesome.
Matthew 21:33-41
Matt 21 - This chapter made me sad and angry.
12*And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13*And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
The parable is awesome.
Matthew 21:33-41
12*And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13*And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
The parable is awesome.
Matthew 21:33-41
Matthew Chp. 27
I think this is one of the saddest stories I've ever read. Judas hanged himself because he realized that he had betrayed an innocent man. Don't you think Jesus would have forgiven Judas if he had repented of his betrayal?
I wonder if Judas did all this as a way of trying to force Jesus to seize power over the Romans. Obviously, Judas never understood what Jesus was saying and teaching during His ministry on earth. I think Judas thought that Jesus was dragging his feet and just needed some pressure to perform the way Judas thought He should. May we never think we know exactly what God's agenda is to the point of trying to run things our own way.
Judas felt remorse but that isn't the same thing as repentance. Paul says in 2 Cor 7:10 "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death." (Quest Study Bible)
27:25 "...His blood is on us and on our children". Actually, His blood is on all of us because we have all sinned. His death was a sacrifice for past, present, and future sinners.
27:46 QSB "Did God actually forsake Jesus? The divine and human natures of Jesus were never separated, even during the ccrucifixion. Yet, it is clear, difficult as it is to explain, that Jesus' intimate fellowship with God the Father was temporarily broken as he took the sin of the entire world on himself. Jesus quoted the words of Psalm 22, which begins with despair but ends with renewed trust in God."
I think this is one of the saddest stories I've ever read. Judas hanged himself because he realized that he had betrayed an innocent man. Don't you think Jesus would have forgiven Judas if he had repented of his betrayal?
I wonder if Judas did all this as a way of trying to force Jesus to seize power over the Romans. Obviously, Judas never understood what Jesus was saying and teaching during His ministry on earth. I think Judas thought that Jesus was dragging his feet and just needed some pressure to perform the way Judas thought He should. May we never think we know exactly what God's agenda is to the point of trying to run things our own way.
Judas felt remorse but that isn't the same thing as repentance. Paul says in 2 Cor 7:10 "Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death." (Quest Study Bible)
27:25 "...His blood is on us and on our children". Actually, His blood is on all of us because we have all sinned. His death was a sacrifice for past, present, and future sinners.
27:46 QSB "Did God actually forsake Jesus? The divine and human natures of Jesus were never separated, even during the ccrucifixion. Yet, it is clear, difficult as it is to explain, that Jesus' intimate fellowship with God the Father was temporarily broken as he took the sin of the entire world on himself. Jesus quoted the words of Psalm 22, which begins with despair but ends with renewed trust in God."