“Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.“But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.“And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.“Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, greatContinue reading “Lesson from the Excluded Afflicted to the Exclusive, Pt. 2”
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Unwelcome Truth
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:14, KJV) Christ had spoken a sacred, eternal truth regarding the relation between Himself and His followers. He knew the character of those whoContinue reading “Unwelcome Truth”
Eternal Life: Now
“And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.“He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (1 John 5:11, 12 KJV). Again Christ appealed to those stubborn hearts. “Him that cometh to Me IContinue reading “Eternal Life: Now”
Walking on Water: Night of Terror and Trust
“But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: whenContinue reading “Walking on Water: Night of Terror and Trust”
Troubling Storms: When Fragments Are Lost
“But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great” (Luke 6:49 KJV). Seated upon the grassy plain, in the twilight of the spring evening,Continue reading “Troubling Storms: When Fragments Are Lost”
Desperate Hopeless Sufferer Healed
“Ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God.” Isaiah 43:12 On the way to the ruler’s house, Jesus had met, in the crowd, a poor woman who for twelve years had suffered from a disease that made her life a burden. She had spent all her means upon physicians and remedies, only toContinue reading “Desperate Hopeless Sufferer Healed”
Perfect Peace in Storms
“And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?“And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.“And he saidContinue reading “Perfect Peace in Storms”