CHAPTER 15 THE UNJUST JUDGE AND THE INDEFATIGABLE WIDOW Luke 18:1-8. This paragraph on the Lord's second coming begins with the twenty-second verse of the seventeenth chapter, and runs through the eighth verse of the eighteenth chapter. Of course you know there is no significance arising from the d... [ Continue Reading ]
OUR LORD'S SECOND COMING Luke 17:22; Luke 18:8. _“And He said to the disciples, The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and shall not see it.”_ Having answered the captious question of those critical Pharisees, informing them that the kingdom of God, which c... [ Continue Reading ]
HUMILITY AND PRIDE Luke 18:9-14. _“And He spoke this parable also to certain ones, having confidence in themselves that they are righteous, and treat others with contempt: Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.”_ The holy Temple Campus contains thirty... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LITTLE ONES Matthew 19:13-15; Luke 18:15-17; Mark 10:13-16. _“And they were bringing little children to Him, that He may touch them; and His disciples were rebuking those bringing them.”_ Matthew says they brought them that He might _“put His hands on them and pray.”_ Luke says they were _“infan... [ Continue Reading ]
THE RICH YOUNG MAN Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30. Mark: _“And He, traveling along the road, one running and kneeling clown asked Him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One; God.”_ This statem... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION Matthew 20:17-19; Luke 18:31-34; Mark 1:32-34. _“And they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was leading them, and they continued to be excited, and following, they were afraid.”_ Our Lord is still over in Perea, east of the Jordan, walking a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BLIND MEN AT JERICHO Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43; Mark 10:46-52. _“And they are coming into Jericho. And He and His disciples and a great multitude going out from Jericho, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, was sitting by the wayside begging. And hearing that it is Jesus the Nazarene, bega... [ Continue Reading ]