Job 6:2 [2]Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! These were words uttered by Job at the height of his despair. As his friends came to console him, he could not see how they could understand his situation. I can picture him questioning… What do you know?…
RESILIENCE DURING CRISIS.
Mat 7:25 “and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. Palestine, to a considerable extent was and still is a land of mountains and hills. Occasionally , they experience sudden and violent rains. When it…
KEEP THE FIRE BURNING.
Lev 6:12 ‘And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out. And the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. Lev 6:13 ‘A perpetual…
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
1Co 15:4-6 and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen…
WHILE IT WAS STILL GUARDED
Matthew 27:63-64 “Sir, we remember, while He was still alive, how that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise.’ Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the…
FOR THIS REASON.
1Jo 3:8 …For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. From the beginning, the devil has tirelessly worked to corrupt God’s creation. He specializes in stealing, killing and destroying. Apostle Peter exhorted Christians to be sober and vigilant because our adversary the devil was roaring…
IT IS FINISHED!
Joh 19:30 So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit. What a wonderful declaration this was! He came, he ministered, he suffered and he conquered. The sufferings and agonies of redeeming man were now over. The work long prophesied was finished!…
SERVICE TO ONE ANOTHER IS SERVICE TO GOD.
Joh 13:5 After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.Joh 13:14 “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. With his crucifixion so close, Jesus…
COMMITTED TO MISUNDERSTAND
Mar 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. Mar 14:58 “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within…
NOT WITHOUT A JUDAS’ KISS
Luk 22:47 And while He was still speaking, behold, a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus to kiss Him. Luk 22:48 But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?” A kiss was a typical…