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The Beatitudes: The Merciful
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy” (Matthew 5:7). It is reported that Mohandas Gandhi once told the British Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin: “When your country and mine shall get together on the teachings laid down by … Continue reading
Posted in beatitudes, Forgiveness, Judgment, Mercy, sermon on mount, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged beattitudes, blessed, care about spiritual needs, coare about physcial needs, compassionate help, dave miller, elemon, eleos, Forgiveness, gandhi, God's mercy, happy, hugo mccord, india, jonah, judgement, lord irwin, love of God, makarios, Matthew 5:7, mercy, monhandras gandhi, sermon on mount, solve owe problems and the world, the elder son, the merciful, the pharisee and the publican, the unmerciful servant, they shall obtain mercy, two reasons why to forgive, value of sermon on mount
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Jesus Bridged the Gap
“I watched them tearing a building down, a gang of men in a busy town, / with a ho-heave-ho and lusty yell, they swung a boom and a sidewall fell. / I asked the foreman, ‘Are these men skilled, as … Continue reading
Posted in History, Jesus, Race, Sin, Soul Winning
Tagged aristobulus, augustus, cato, compassion, deformed and sickly children, f.w. mattox, father and prodigal son, great fath, greece, hortensius, husband and wife in roman empire, infanticide, is there any one with who you speak less with than your wife?, Jesus a bridge builder, Jesus a peacemaker, jesus appears to women, Jesus had time for little children, Jesus treatment of children, Jesus treatment of sinners, Jesus treatment of those of other nations, Jesus treatment of weak of society, Jesus treatment of women, jew and gentile, lending out wife, livia, mary and martha, mary magdalene, mercy, parents and children in roman empire, philip schaff, poem builder or wrecker, poor widow, roman, roman centurion, roman republic, samaria, slavery, socrates, speaking to women, syro-phoenecian woman, ten lepers, thanked the gods not born slave or woman, the character gap, the elder son, the gender gap, the generation gap, the good samaritan, the racial gap, the sin gap, the social gap, those well need no physician, those who are sick need a physician, tiberias nero, two blind men, way truth and life, widow of nain, woman of samaria
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Where Are The Nine? (Luke 17:11-19)
The disease that we call leprosy today (Hansen’s Disease) is a disease of the nerves and of the skin. “Patients with leprosy experience disfigurement of the skin and bones, twisting of the limbs, and curling of the fingers to form … Continue reading
Posted in Textual study, Thanksgiving
Tagged boils, family, friends, fugus infection, gratitude, hansen's disease, ingratitude, job, lepromas, leprosy, life, Luke 17, mercy, nation, one returned to give thanks, possessions, pray, salvation, samaritan, scabies, small pox, syphilies, ten lepers, the Bible, the church, things for which we should be thankful, tumor, unclean, why nine did not express thanks
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“The Ark Of The Covenant”
What happened to the Ark? Zondervan’s Pictorial Dictionary says, “After the destruction of the first temple (Solomon’s temple- B.H.), there is no evidence as to what happened to the ark, but only highly speculative tradition and conjecture” (p. 71). Jewish tradition is … Continue reading
Posted in Jesus, Mercy, Type/Antitype
Tagged 2 Maccabees, aaron's rod that budded, ark represnted God's presence, atonement, authority of Jesus, bezaleel, cave mt. pisgah, conquoring Jericho, covering sin, crowned with gold, Dagon falls befoe ark, day of atonement, dimensions of ark, ethiopia, freemasons, furniture of tabernacle/temple, Jeremiah 3, jericho, Jesus opens way to promise land, Jesus our high priest, Jesus our mercy seat, Jesus our propitiation, Jesus our sacrifice, Jesus' resurrection and aaron's rod, law and mercy, magic box, masons, mercy, mercy seat, mt. pisgah, pot of manna, propitiation, sinai, the ark of God, the ark of the covenant, the ark of the LORD/Jehovah, the ark of the testimony, the promise land, the ten commandments, type/antitype, vatican, where is ark
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Eight Woes ( Matthew 23)
It had been a day of questions. First, the Pharisees questioned Jesus about paying taxes to Caesar (Matthew 22:15-22). Their question was not sincere, but it was designed to “entangle him in his talk” (Matthew 22:15). Then, the Sadducees questioned him … Continue reading
Posted in Judgment, Textual study
Tagged anise, blind guides, compass land and sea, corruption, cumin, cup and dish, dead mens bones, degrees of punishment, devour widows houses, eight woes, extortion, faith, gold of temple, greater damnation, greatest command, haddon robinson, hypocrites, jewish evangelism, justice, Matthew 23, mercy, mint, oath taking, pharisees, pretense long prayers, proselytes, resurrection, sadducees, self indulgence, shut up kingdom, swearing, taxes, temple, tithe, tombs of prophets, weightier matters, white washed tombs, woe
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Parables: Service
The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many” (Matthew 20:28). “It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of … Continue reading
Posted in Mercy, Parables, Textual study
Tagged albert einstein, khalil gibran, Luke 10, Luke 17, mercy, mustard seed, neighbor, Parables, samaritans, service, the good samaritan, the unprofitable servant
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Mercy
Last time we looked at the word “grace.” Now we will look at the word “mercy.” What is the difference? It has been said that grace is when God gives us what we don’t deserve (God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense – … Continue reading
Posted in Mercy, Word Study
Tagged eleos, God's riches at Christ's expense, grace v. mercy, hilaskomai, mercy, oiktrimos, splanchnon
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