“Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed,” Luke 17:20 ESV Reflection: how do you envision the coming or the kingdom of God to be like? Not sure about you, but I might have missed […]
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“Then Jesus answered, “Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?” Luke 17:17 ESV. Reflection: what makes some people grateful and others ungrateful for the same thing? We looked yesterday at human pride, one of the biggest obstacles for entering into the kingdom, into a relationship with God. Pride is centered in self, where there
“So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’”” Luke 17:10 ESV Reflection: have you ever felt entitled from the work you do for the Lord? This is a difficult subject. Pride. In the heart of the fall of
“The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”” Luke 17:5 ESV Reflection: how can you know what you truly believe in? I was listening to a pastor the other day making a very interesting observation. Paraphrasing, he said something like this: “Christians tend to be in a continual learning mode. They study and study
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“and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.””Luke 17:4 ESV Reflection: do you have hurts from the past you cannot seem to let go of? Let’s look a bit more at the topic of “love keeps no record of
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“and if he sins against you seven times in the day, and turns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.””Luke 17:4 ESV Reflection: are you keeping “records of wrong”? Yesterday we touched on the topic of restoring and maintaining relationships. That it is a 3-step process, and not just up to
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“If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him,” Luke 17:3b ESV Reflection: is repentance necessary to receive forgiveness? In these few words, Jesus unveils the secret to restoring and maintaining relationships. OK, with such a massive topic, I might have to write several days on it depending on where the Lord
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“And he said to his disciples, “Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!” Luke 17:1 ESV Reflection: what is a “temptation” to sin? Before trying to answer that question, let me ask – How do we define what is sin? Violating the Ten Commandments may quickly
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“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,” Luke 16:19-20 ESV Reflection: why does only the poor man have a name? Areas of this country have recently been hit with
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“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.” Luke 16:16 ESV Reflection: how is it possible enter the kingdom of God by force? For centuries, a conflict between Western and Eastern Europe has been going on.
