SHARING BREAD 20 Looking at his disciples, he said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
for yours is the kingdom of God. Luke 6:20 (NIV)Beginning the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus starts out strong by proclaiming to His disciples that those that are “poor” are considered blessed in His sight. In Matthew’s same account, he adds “poor in spirit”. [...]
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SHARING BREAD 17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coast of Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled [...]
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SHARING BREAD 12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. 13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: Luke 6:12-13 (NIV)In the above two verses Jesus sets forth a wonderful example for all of [...]
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SHARING BREAD 9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” Luke 6:9 (NIV)Jesus begins by asking the Pharisees and the teachers of the law a set of rhetorical questions to get them to think through their [...]
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SHARING BREAD7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. 8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” [...]
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SHARING BREAD5 Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.” Luke 6:5 (NIV)Once again, Jesus claims His Deity through His authority stating that He is Master of the Sabbath. The use of the word Lord denotes His absolute control. I am reminded of His words in Matthew:18 Then Jesus came to [...]
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SHARING BREAD 1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. 2 Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” Luke 6:1-2 (NIV)The Pharisees had turned the Sabbath Day into a legalistic [...]
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SHARING BREAD 36 He told them this parable: “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old. 37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, [...]
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SHARING BREAD 33 They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”
34 Jesus answered, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in [...]
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SHARING BREAD
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 (NIV) I received an e-mail yesterday that contained some interesting questions about the above verse which I felt that many of you may also have or may have been asked. Because of [...]
