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What in the world was Jesus thinking about!? |
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Written by Dr. Harold McNabb
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Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:36 |
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The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
John 12::12,13 What in the world was Jesus thinking about!?
Riding into Jerusalem and stirring up a huge demonstration was the kind of thing that could get him killed.
The Pharisees and Saducees, two different groups who normally fought like cats and dogs were finally agreed on one thing: Jesus must be stopped--permanently!
And why is that?
If nothing else, Jesus played no favorites. He told anyone who cared to listen what He thought. He told them the truth in a flat out unvarnished fashion.
Pharisees were laymen unlike the Saducees who were the priestly caste.
The pharisees had begun as an honorable group of Bible scholars whose only desire was to ensure that all Israel knew God's word and observed it. There were many good Pharisees in Jesus time. Nicodemus and Joseph from Aramathea were only two.
But there were many who loved the authority and honors they accumulated. Some were even on . . .
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 April 2006 19:38 |
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Setting Your Mind On Things Above? Part IV |
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Written by Rev. Spence Laycock
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Monday, 03 April 2006 17:36 |
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We have looked at the four Biblical views of heaven; Eden ; Hades; the Intermediate Heaven; the New Heaven and New Earth. We recognized that heaven is secured by the resurrection of Jesus Christ that had just as far reaching an impact in the scope of redemption as sin did to the fall. We looked at the preparations of God as He has by His word caused the earth to undergo massive change three times already and yet a fourth is about to come. He created the World, He cursed the World, He purged the World with water and He will in days to come purify the World with fire before finally bringing Heaven to Earth, the New heavens and the New earth. Today let’s look at the Transcendence of Heaven and the ‘Recession’ of Hell. There’s an old Valvoline commercial that went something like this: “You’re born, you die, in between you work on cars.” Sounds like some form of sagely wisdom doesn’t it, yet it is the exact opposite. It is a statement of unbelief that seems to be saying this life is all there is. It misses the truth that there is not just one world, but three. Consider how the 18th century writer Jonathan Edwards put it: “There are three worlds. One is this, which is an intermediate world — a world in which good and evil are so mixed together as to be a sure sign that this world is not to continue forever. Another is heaven, a world of love, without any hatred. And the other is hell, a world of hatred, where there is no love…” This present world, where there is such mismatch, is the doorstep into either Heaven or Hell. What is done here has an almost unimaginable . . .
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 April 2006 17:39 |
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Written by Dr. Harold McNabb
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Sunday, 02 April 2006 08:25 |
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Writer and preacher, Stuart Briscoe tells of a time he was in Scotland: I was in Edinburgh about a year ago speaking at Charlotte Chapel, and a delightful young lady gave her testimony. She had come back from Kabul, Afghanistan, where she was a missionary nurse. She said how she was really enjoying the work she was doing there, and then she'd met a young man and fallen in love. He'd asked her to marry him, but she had said, "I made a commitment to my church back home to serve on the mission field. If I were to marry you, that might change everything. So before I can give you an answer, I need to talk with the leaders of the church." And so that was why she was home. She'd flown home all the way from Afghanistan to talk to the leaders of the church. As I was looking at the congregation, I noticed a fellow sitting in the front row who had the weirdest look on his face. So when she was through and sat down next to me, I said, "Who is that fellow? Do you know him?" She said, "That's the young man." I said, "I thought he was in Kabul." She said, "He was. He heard I was flying back to Scotland to talk to the leaders of the church, so he said he wanted to talk to them as well. So he jumped on the next plane." You can always tell lovers: they don't give up. They "come after," as a lover comes after the beloved. And that's the picture that Jesus gives: "If you're going to come after me, it's because you love me because I . . .
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Last Updated on Sunday, 02 April 2006 08:29 |
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Setting Your Mind on the Things Above III |
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Written by Rev. Spence Laycock
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Thursday, 23 March 2006 16:00 |
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We’ve been talking about heaven over the last weeks and I’d like to continue that today as we take a moment to look at some difficult verses of Scripture in 2 Peter 3. What we are about to read describes a common struggle for many people, likely the majority of the population of Canada struggles with this misconception in one way or another. Let’s read verses 3 and 4 to see this concern: “Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation.” The phrase, ‘the promise of His coming’ points to our subject of heaven and the struggle for many is that the evidence of ‘no change’ is stronger than the Scripture’s declarations about heaven. ‘Nothing has changed’, they say, ‘societies and cities still exist, people still work and play, wars and taxes and death… they are all still here. Not only that, but there are so many other worthwhile interests to occupy our attention rather than to try to understand something so mystical as heaven. In fact because you show such interest in this you must be a dreamer, you must not be very realistic, for to believe in . . .
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