SHARING BREAD46 Jesus replied, “And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them. Luke 11:46 (NIV)The “experts” of the law had so burdened the people with “ceremonial observances rigorously exacted and increased by human [...]
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SHARING BREAD45 One of the experts in the law answered him, “Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us also.” Luke 11:45 (NIV)Ever heard of the expression “If the shoe fits, wear it”? Surely Jesus must have been tempted to say this! Aren’t we always the first ones to be shocked when conviction comes our [...]
March_14
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SHARING BREAD34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. Luke 11:34 (NIV)Where is our gaze? Upon what is our focus fixed? What are we looking at longingly? It matters, you [...]
March_12
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SHARING BREAD 33 “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. Luke 11:33 (NIV) I love the way Jesus states the above verse in Matthew in the Sermon on [...]
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SHARING BREAD 44 ”Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without knowing it.” Luke 11:44 (NIV)Coming into contact with an unmarked grave brought instant impurity for the Jew. We find in Numbers:16 ”Anyone out in the open who touches someone who has been killed with a sword or someone who has died [...]
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SHARING BREAD 43 ”Woe to you Pharisees, because you love the most important seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. Luke 11:43 (NIV)Pride is aptly described as an insidious monster taking captive its prey unaware and leading them down the path of destruction. Believer, beware! Jesus comes down hard on the Pharisees lofty attitude of [...]
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SHARING BREAD 42 ”Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.” Luke 11:42 (NIV)Ever smugly tithed thinking that we were flat “it on a [...]
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SHARING BREAD39 Then the Lord said to him, “Now then, you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. Luke 11:39 (NIV)What a great verse for the week of Easter! We are usually so busy scurrying around finding our Easter frocks and finery to be “dressed [...]
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SHARING BREAD35 See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. 36 Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.” Luke 11:35-36 (NIV)Jesus gives us a command here that is well worth [...]
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SHARING BREAD31 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here. 32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation [...]
