Category: Scripture Notes
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Why that choice?
Why did Jesus send the possessed man to his family and friends (and allow him to tell what Christ had done for him—unlike others) when he wished to follow Jesus? I personally suspect that Jesus wanted him to experience normal life rather than going from one kind of another life to a different type. His…
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Publicans and sinners
It makes perfect sense that Jesus would be dining with publicans and sinners in the house of Matthew since those would have been the people that he, as a publican, would have associated with at least until the time that he was called as one of the twelve.
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Where is your strength?
The ways of men in the face if a threat is to build up their defenses or to augment their support system. Isaiah knew that the solution wasn’t alliances, but putting trust in the Lord of Hosts.
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Prophetic pairings
It is interesting that while responding to an immediate concern the Lord makes a promise for 60+ years in the future and well as a prophecy about Christ coming in several centuries.
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Symbolic seraphim
Thinking about the symbolism of the seraphim that Isaiah saw. Wings are symbols of power and we normally think of them as having the power to move. These angels had three sets of wings which would indicate great power. They only used one set to move. Most of the power was used to cover their…
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What did the Centurion think
I wonder what a Roman centurion thought of Jesus that he would expect that Jesus could command someone to be healed as easily as he (the Centurion) could command his men to run an errand. He expected that diseases would Ivey Christ as result as soldiers obeyed their officers.
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The Bridegroom
The fundamental difference between Christ and John the Baptist or the Pharisees that was manifest in the fasting of their disciples became clear to me tonight. The Pharisees, and Jews generally in the days of Christ, were teaching the law of Moses and looking for the coming of a Messiah to save them. Thus they…
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Himself took our infirmities
There’s something about the way that Jesus took the infirmities of people. He asked for what they could give in the way of faith or action, but He never asked for more than they were capable of delivering in order to be relieved of their suffering.
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Joining house to house
I used to joke (or half joke) that this was an injunction against apartment living but as I think about it I think it might apply more to multigenerational living arrangements, specifically when those are a matter of necessity, when the conjoined family living arrangements are necessary because at least one of the nuclear families…