Our paragraph topic is: (The authority of Jesus) Part 1.
Lesson 1, Christ had given the disciples their lesson on faith and the power within it. He demonstrated with words and example and he instructed the disciples to do the same without wavering. Little did they know that what they had seen and heard from him, they would be able to do the same because he had told them so. Believe and do not waver in your belief and it will be done for you.
The disciples had a lot to learn and little time to grasp all that they needed, to carry on the legacy of Christ. They followed him because they believed. They stayed with him because of the miracles that he performed. They knew that they were being prepared for something special but did not know what. Even the people who listened to his teachings knew that they were special in the message that he gave. Even the leaders wanted to know. And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching.
They wanted to know. They wanted to hear for themselves what he was saying, what he was teaching. They were the rulers of the people. They were the teachers of the people, the ones who set down the rules, interpreted the laws of Moses, and enforced the Law. Christ came and taught something different. He came and gave something new. He came and told the people to love one another, to forgive and do not hate, to be at peace. But the chief priests and the elders did not like that their teachings were being taught by one who did not follow their practices and principles.
What do we have today? We have fear. We have chaos. We have anger and hatred. We have the uncertainty of the future after all the talk that was given us over the last two years as to what will come. Upheaval and change stare us in the face. And we know not how to handle that which is uncertain, that which is unknown. We are anxious. We forget though that we are children of another and that we are not of this realm.
Christ saved us from damnation. He is our savior, our king, our protector, our provider. Our trust is in him. Our faith is in him. Our belief for our future is in his hands and not in the hands of those who would lead us today. God, our Father, rose Pharaoh up so that he could demonstrate his power and his majesty to all the world that he is the one and only true God. His will and his purpose is higher than our purpose and it is our trust and faith in him that must carry us through good times and bad. As Christ demonstrated to his disciples, have faith and do not waver for it shall be done. Know that your Father in heaven loves each and every one of us and he will see us through.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
Lesson 1, Christ had given the disciples their lesson on faith and the power within it. He demonstrated with words and example and he instructed the disciples to do the same without wavering. Little did they know that what they had seen and heard from him, they would be able to do the same because he had told them so. Believe and do not waver in your belief and it will be done for you.
The disciples had a lot to learn and little time to grasp all that they needed, to carry on the legacy of Christ. They followed him because they believed. They stayed with him because of the miracles that he performed. They knew that they were being prepared for something special but did not know what. Even the people who listened to his teachings knew that they were special in the message that he gave. Even the leaders wanted to know. And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came to him as he was teaching.
They wanted to know. They wanted to hear for themselves what he was saying, what he was teaching. They were the rulers of the people. They were the teachers of the people, the ones who set down the rules, interpreted the laws of Moses, and enforced the Law. Christ came and taught something different. He came and gave something new. He came and told the people to love one another, to forgive and do not hate, to be at peace. But the chief priests and the elders did not like that their teachings were being taught by one who did not follow their practices and principles.
What do we have today? We have fear. We have chaos. We have anger and hatred. We have the uncertainty of the future after all the talk that was given us over the last two years as to what will come. Upheaval and change stare us in the face. And we know not how to handle that which is uncertain, that which is unknown. We are anxious. We forget though that we are children of another and that we are not of this realm.
Christ saved us from damnation. He is our savior, our king, our protector, our provider. Our trust is in him. Our faith is in him. Our belief for our future is in his hands and not in the hands of those who would lead us today. God, our Father, rose Pharaoh up so that he could demonstrate his power and his majesty to all the world that he is the one and only true God. His will and his purpose is higher than our purpose and it is our trust and faith in him that must carry us through good times and bad. As Christ demonstrated to his disciples, have faith and do not waver for it shall be done. Know that your Father in heaven loves each and every one of us and he will see us through.
Read the sign of the times! Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage nd then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ . The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in.
