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On Faith-4
In line with my previous note on faith, here we see the bleeding woman who is told by Jesus "Your faith has made you well". How do we see her faith in this passage? First, we see her inability in v 43…
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Earned a Badge — Created 10 [Public] Notes
2012-01-06
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On Faith-3
In everyday life, we show favor to those who prove themselves in someway worthy (esp. to us). One who is messed up and not able in any sense is not favored. That's how this world functions. But that isn't…
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On Signs-3
Many a time, I find my personal friends from the Pentecostal or Charismatic background passionate about healing and miracles referring (rather naively) to Jesus and His works. "Jesus healed...he did wonders...the…
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On Signs-2
Jesus had many followers who apparently 'believed'. They were people who sought after signs and believed him. But strangely, Jesus did not believe them! He did not entrust himself to them. He entrusted…
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On Signs
Jesus never did signs for the sake of signs. He never performed it to please others. He never did it to make much of himself. In fact many times he forbade people from making known what he did. After…
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Water to wine
John 2 :11 gives us a clue as to why Jesus converted water to wine (though at the behest of his mother). His reference to her as 'woman' showed clearly who was in authority. He was not going to be ordered…
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On Faith-2
Simeon was righteous. What made him righteous? We are made to understand from the following verses that he longed for the messiah and waited daily for him and was comforted by the Spirit knowing that…
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Implications of Christmas
Luke 2:14 suggests the outcome of Christmas is also peace. How often we as evangelicals are comfortable pointing people to the gospel in Christmas time but refuse to see the implications of Christmas…
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Righteousness before Christ was born
Very often we read of people being righteous before God in OT. Sometimes they are said to be 'blameless in the Law'. At times it is said that they found 'favor with God'. What does this mean? Usually…
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On Faith
Faith is a reliance on God realizing ones own sheer inability in any task. Here Zechariah, a priest, shows his unbelief. It is interesting to note that he shows his unbelief amidst a tremendous revelation.…
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Luke 1:12 (ESV), Luke 1:13 (ESV), Luke 1:14 (ESV), Luke 1:15 (ESV), Luke 1:16 (ESV), Luke 1:17 (ESV), Luke 1:18 (ESV), Luke 1:19 (ESV), Luke 1:20 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Created First [Public] Note
2011-12-30
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Humanity of Christ
Matt 1:1 refers to the genealogy of Christ and goes ahead and calls him son of Abraham and David. The rest of the passage goes ahead to prove the same. It shows mainly the humanity of Christ and the fulfillment…
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Matthew 1:1 (ESV), Matthew 1:2 (ESV), Matthew 1:3 (ESV), Matthew 1:4 (ESV), Matthew 1:5 (ESV), Matthew 1:6 (ESV), Matthew 1:7 (ESV), Matthew 1:8 (ESV), Matthew 1:9 (ESV), Matthew 1:10 (ESV), Matthew 1:11 (ESV), Matthew 1:12 (ESV), Matthew 1:13 (ESV), Matthew 1:14 (ESV), Matthew 1:15 (ESV), Matthew 1:16 (ESV), Matthew 1:17 (ESV)
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Earned a Badge — Subscribed to First Reading Plan
2011-12-29
