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Matthew 12:1-2 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” The Pharisees had established 39 categories of actions forbidden…

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity…Hebrews 2:14. The Book of Hebrews goes further than any other New Testament book in explaining Jesus’ human nature. Hebrews 2:17 tells us that Jesus was “fully human in every way”. In sharing our humanity, Jesus experienced all of the struggles each of us face,…

Hebrews 10:24-25 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. A lot of us have viewed this passage in the context of the…

Matthew 27:52-53 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people. Christ’s death was accompanied by at least four miraculous events (Matthew 27:45-53): darkness, the tearing…

Hebrews 3:13 – But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. (Please italicize the previous… doing this on my phone & it won’t let me do it) As Christians we should strive to encourage one another daily. One way to…

During King Asa’s reign, the Bible tell us in 2 Chronicles 15:5 -6 that “it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil.” One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress. So…

The description of love in 1 Corinthians 13 includes a list of what love is not. 1 Corinthians 13:5 reminds us that love is not rude. Depending on the translation of the Bible you have it may say that love “does not dishonor others” (NIV), “does not act improperly” (HCSB), or “does not behave rudely”…

For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. Matthew 15:19 We work hard to keep our outward appearance attractive, but what is in our hearts is more important. The way we are deep down is what matters most to God. This is what Jesus was trying to get across…

Jesus said in John 5:39-40 “You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”  The Scribes and the Pharisees in the first century diligently studied the Law of Moses. Their…

In Genesis 24, Abraham sent out his chief servant to find a wife for his son, Isaac. The servant’s primary tool to complete the mission was prayer. James 5:16 tells us that the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. The Christian’s most powerful resource is communion with God through prayer and the results are often…