Feb 17
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grapevine777 added a text contribution Working on the SabbathRefer back to this. Read more » -
grapevine777 added a text contribution Compassion, and not sacrifice.Refer back to this. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution To Whom the Son Reveals HimGods sovereignty. Who chooses? Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution ...shall not lose his reward.This would seem counter to the OSAS position. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution Complacency within the churchClearly, Jesus has a reason for everything he instructs us to do. He is a God of order and purpose. He says we are to go to the lost sheep. We need to not get sidetracked by all of the social activites to the point we lose site of our purpose. Fellowship is wonderful and refreshing, but we must never become complacent to the point where we get comfortable and lose sight of our purpose...to go to the lost sheep. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution Harvest plentiful; workers few.This reminds me of the lack of volunteerism in the church, and the complacency of the body regarding needs of the members, chuch, and clergy. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution ...according to your faithI wonder how many blessings we recieve (or do not receive) according to our faith. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution Matthew: The Tax Collector.Matthew was a tax collector. This is was a undesireable job. Jesus even speaks about the tax collectors. Interesting the people Jesus chooses to follow him. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution Allow the dead to bury their own dead.I think there is more too this than what people tend to attribute to it. He is saying that the people "the dead" are dead because they are not following him. They have no greater purpose as opposed to the scribe who did have a greater purpose--following Jesus. So Jesus was saying let the [spiritually] dead bury their [physically] dead because Jesus and the scibe DID have more important -- [supernatural] work to do. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter...Many claim to believe in Jesus, but few truly know Jesus. This is what Jesus is talking about here. Read more »
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grapevine777 added a text contribution You of Little Faith!I would be curious to see how many times this phrase is in the Bible. You'd think we'd get a clue, eh? Read more »