Question 7
On several occasions the Pharisees accused Jesus of not keeping the Sabbath by healing on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 13:14; John 5:1-18; John 9:14-16). Would He have kept the Sabbath by not healing on the Sabbath?
On several occasions the Pharisees accused Jesus of not keeping the Sabbath by healing on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 13:14; John 5:1-18; John 9:14-16). Would He have kept the Sabbath by not healing on the Sabbath?
Many people say there is no God. They say the universe is a happy combination of fortuitous circumstances and life is a result of natural processes by pure chance. I believe in God and I believe in the God of the Bible, but I would like to try and imagine for a while that they …
“For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20).
In the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20; Mark 16:15-18; Acts 1:8), the resurrected Jesus who has been given “all authority” “in heaven and on earth” commands His disciples to “go into all the world and preach the gospel” of salvation from sin “to all creation”, “make disciples of all the nations,
Nobody wants me like Him: with all His power and strength.
Everybody likes to have me only to a certain length.
If I could fix one thing, this thing would be me to make you want me and ask me to be.
If I am fixed and functioning right, each of my deeds will give you delight.
Can you imagine someone like you who’s always there to help you through?
You do well and he rings a bell, you burn like hell and he’s ready to quell.
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before me.
You shall not make for yourself an image in the form
“For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished” (Matthew 5:18).
“The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love.
“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive” (Acts 20:35).
When we give, we share what we have with someone else.