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February 08, 2012
Meeting Emotional Needs: When have you put love into action?
Listening, empathy, letting them know that they are not along I love them but God loves them best.

By: Mary Jones - February 08, 2012 - Public
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February 08, 2012
Woman in Adultrey
When Jesus calls for the one without sin to cast the first stone he accomplishes several things: it relieves him from the charge of having instigated a stoning; it ensures there will not be a stoning, since none of the accusers will want to take responsibility for it; and it causes them to reflect on their own sinfulness before God. It has often been suggested that the eldest accusers were the first to leave (v. 9) because they recognized their own sinfulness more readily. However, leaving in this order may simply reflect the custom of deferring to the elders. In any case, their withdrawal was in fact a confession of sin. Those who came to condemn ended up condemning themselves by not casting a stone.

By: Mary Jones - February 08, 2012 - Public
Category: Jesus with the Sexually Immoral - Woman caught in adultery
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February 08, 2012
Can you memorize the names of the twelve apostles (disciples)?
Matthew, john, Judas, simon, john the lesser, john the elder, judas, andrew, Barthower, Jude, Andrew,

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February 05, 2012
Fury Over Religious Hypocrisy

Jesus was so merciful, so caring and kindhearted. There were times when He was fatigued, worn and literally exhausted from his never ending duty to minister to the multitudes that were before Him. On one occurrence He tried to withdraw from the bustling surroundings to recuperate and gain his composure, but the Bible tells us that when He saw the masses who needed His help, He had great compassion upon them. He showed pity on them despite his own feelings of pain and exhaustion, He went out among the people and healed all that came to Him, and taught them all the wonderful Words of God's Kingdom of Love.--Matthew 9:36; Mark 6:31-34.

There were also times when the Lord's fury flamed through Jesus, against falsification and hypocrisy. He told the religious leaders of the synagogue filled with self-rightiousness, "If I had not come and spoken unto you, you would not be guilty of sin, but now I have come and exposed you, so you have no covering for your sin!"--John 15:22.

Most of the time He had very little to do with the upper class, the powerful and wealthy religious leaders, the Scribes and the Pharisees.--Except when they insisted on troubling Him and raising critical questions, doubts and accusations among those He was teaching. Then He poured out his rebukes against them, publicly exposing them as the "blind leaders of the blind" that they were (Matthew 15:14). These religious leaders considered themselves to be the most "righteous and holy" people in town, but Jesus laid bare the hypocrites, liars, robbers and cheaters of the poor that they were, which of course infuriated them. 

But usually Jesus avoided the self-satisfied religious, and spent His time helping and loving the poor, the common man, speaking to them, healing them, feeding them and most importantly, giving them the spiritual answers, Love, forgiveness and Truth that they longed for.



By: Mary Jones - February 05, 2012 - Public
Category: Fury Over Religious Hypocrisy
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February 05, 2012
The Roman governor, Pilate, found that Jesus had done nothing wrong. Yet, he authorized Jesus` crucifixion to please the crowd. Can you explain why people put popularity above doing what is right?
Given the rather brutal reputation of Pilate among the Jews and even secular historians a question that has been raised by various scholars regarding Pilate is: why does he appear so fair-minded regarding Jesus and so determined to let Him go free" Pilate not only is uncooperative with the Jewish leaders who at first expect him to essentially rubber stamp their verdict (Jn. 18:30), but also declares Christ to be innocent of any wrong on three separate occasions (Jn. 18:38, 19:4, 6). But tragically for Pilate he gave in to the majority of Jews who wanted their Messiah crucified. He handed the Savior over to crucifixion not knowing that his name would forever be tied to this despicable, cowardly deed. Pilate ultimately was not interested in truth or justice but rather with pleasing his constituents and Caesar his taskmaster. This incident is a strong indictment against raw democracy where the voice of the majority takes precedence over the rule of law. Indeed, Pilate reminds one of modern American politicians who have no Christian religious principles or ethical absolutes whatsoever. For them, the voice of the people is the voice of God. When civil magistrates follow the mob instead of God’s law-Word then the state progressively becomes a terror to righteous people. Democracy has always resulted in anarchy followed by totalitarianism; for, given the choice between anarchy and a strong man people choose the dictator. In a Christian constitutional democracy the law of God is king. There is a genuine rule of law where only Christian (i.e., Trinitarian, Reformed church members in good standing) property owners, who are the covenant heads of families can vote, serve on juries, hold political office or serve as judges. Under such rule people have great liberty from men like Pilate for the laws of Scripture protect them from arbitrary, pragmatic rule where the best of intentions usually result in savage oppression.

By: Mary Jones - February 05, 2012 - Public
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