Our paragraph topic is: (Christ warns them not to be led astray) Part 1.
So they wanted to know. Their hearts and minds were curious as to the how and the wherefore of the coming doom. It was burning inside of them to know. But they could not know. They were not ready to know. It was not the time or the place for them to know. The panic would have taken hold and led them astray.
They were like little children who had to be protected if they were told of the boogie man without no one to keep them from harm, no father or mother, or sister or brother. They were not ready to hear the truth of what was coming. Christ had to prepare them for the truth. He had to first fill their minds and hearts and spirits with the truth of who they were in him so that nothing could harm them before they could receive the message. And in answer Jesus said to them, "Take care that no one leads you astray."
Our message today also is to take care not to be led astray. It is easy in this world of hype, glamour, and glitz to be led astray, to be hypnotized, to be mesmerize by all that we see, hear and come to believe. We are raised in a protected environment that our parents and guardians try to give us to put us on the right path to life. But as we grow older we examine that path and want to change it believing that it needs to be changed to fit what we see as our wants, needs and desires. And as we enter the world on our own we have to make our own decisions as to what is right and wrong for us, as a path to take in life which will lead us in the direction that we want to go.
Many times we find ourselves, later on in life, along a path that we want to change or that we wish we had not taken, a path that led us astray. And in every attempt we make an effort to turn our lives around to go in a different direction. Christ directed his disciples not to be led astray. He wanted them to stay on the path that he had given them, the path that makes them his disciples, his preachers and teachers of the gospel. The church must be built and must spread throughout the land after he leaves. It will be up to the disciples to complete his work. They must not be led astray.
We have a purpose also, not to be led astray. Our purpose is to choose to live or to die in Christ, to accept him as our savior, to be born again into a new life or to die into the darkness of death. And with that choice comes the joy of living a life that he has shown us how to live, sharing the love of the new life he has given us with others that they too may know the truth of new life in Christ. It is a joyous life, a happy life, a life of peace and love, a life of fulfillment in him who fulfills all. Come! Know the truth of who you are in him!
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.
So they wanted to know. Their hearts and minds were curious as to the how and the wherefore of the coming doom. It was burning inside of them to know. But they could not know. They were not ready to know. It was not the time or the place for them to know. The panic would have taken hold and led them astray.
They were like little children who had to be protected if they were told of the boogie man without no one to keep them from harm, no father or mother, or sister or brother. They were not ready to hear the truth of what was coming. Christ had to prepare them for the truth. He had to first fill their minds and hearts and spirits with the truth of who they were in him so that nothing could harm them before they could receive the message. And in answer Jesus said to them, "Take care that no one leads you astray."
Our message today also is to take care not to be led astray. It is easy in this world of hype, glamour, and glitz to be led astray, to be hypnotized, to be mesmerize by all that we see, hear and come to believe. We are raised in a protected environment that our parents and guardians try to give us to put us on the right path to life. But as we grow older we examine that path and want to change it believing that it needs to be changed to fit what we see as our wants, needs and desires. And as we enter the world on our own we have to make our own decisions as to what is right and wrong for us, as a path to take in life which will lead us in the direction that we want to go.
Many times we find ourselves, later on in life, along a path that we want to change or that we wish we had not taken, a path that led us astray. And in every attempt we make an effort to turn our lives around to go in a different direction. Christ directed his disciples not to be led astray. He wanted them to stay on the path that he had given them, the path that makes them his disciples, his preachers and teachers of the gospel. The church must be built and must spread throughout the land after he leaves. It will be up to the disciples to complete his work. They must not be led astray.
We have a purpose also, not to be led astray. Our purpose is to choose to live or to die in Christ, to accept him as our savior, to be born again into a new life or to die into the darkness of death. And with that choice comes the joy of living a life that he has shown us how to live, sharing the love of the new life he has given us with others that they too may know the truth of new life in Christ. It is a joyous life, a happy life, a life of peace and love, a life of fulfillment in him who fulfills all. Come! Know the truth of who you are in him!
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.
