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December 04, 2007
ACCORDING TO THE MENTALITY OF THE JEWS JESUS DID BAD BY GOING TO STAY IN THE HOUSE OF A SINNER AND EAT WITH HIM. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY OF US WHO DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE OUR LIVES?

By: Joseph Flores Lopez - December 04, 2007 - Public
Category: Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
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December 04, 2007
Why was Zaccheaus so joyful when Jesus asked to stay at his house?
ZACCHEUS WAS HAPPY TO RECEIVE JESUS IN HIS HOUSE, BECAUSE HE HAD SO MANY THINGS TO TELL JESUS, BUT HE COULD EVEN BE ABLE TO SEE HIM PASSING BY. I THNK THAT IT WAS NOT ZACCHEUS WHO WANTED TO SEE JESUS, BUT JESUS WANTED TO SEE ZACCHEUS AND CHANGE IS HEART. SO ALSO, WHEN WE PRAY JESUS, IT IS HE WHO WANTS TO COME INTO OUR HEARTS AND CHANGE THEM. LET US ALLOW HIM ALAYS TO ENTER INTO OUR HEART. MANY OF US DO NOT ALLOWE HIM TO ENTER BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE OUR HEAT. WE WANT TO CONINUE IN OUR SINS. A GOOD CONFESSION OF OUR SINS WOULD BE GOOD IN ORDER TO OBTAIN GOD'S MERCY. WE ARE ALL ZACCHEUS AND NEED GOS'S HEALING. LET US NOT SEND AWAY JESUS FROM OUR HEART BY COMMITING SO MANY SINS.

By: Joseph Flores Lopez - December 04, 2007 - Public
Category: Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
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November 29, 2007
THE PHARESES WERE NOT TEACHERS OF THE LAW, BUT JUST INTERPRETERS. WHY DO THEY QUESTION JESUS ABOUT HIS TEACHINGS? WHY DID THEY ALWAYS WANT TO BE ABOVE THE OTHERS?

By: Joseph Flores Lopez - November 29, 2007 - Public
Category: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
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November 29, 2007
What is in the heart of the tax collector (rejected by society) that the Pharasee (religious leader) seems to lack?

THE TAX COLLECTOR SEEMS TO LACK HUMILITY AND SINCERITY OF HEART, JUST AS THE PHARESEES ALSO LACK THESE VIRTUES. MANY TIMES JESUS REBUKES THE PHARISEES BECAUSE OF THEIR HYPOCRASY.


By: Joseph Flores Lopez - November 29, 2007 - Public
Category: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
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November 05, 2007

HOW DO I KNOW REALLY THAT MY SINS ARE FORGIVEN, IF IT IS NOY BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH"

TO ASK JESUS IS NT ENOUGH BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SURE THAT GOD WILL HEAR MY PRAYER, AS THE JEWS USED TO SAY: "GOD DOES NOT HEAR SINNERS". EVEN IF WE SAY THAT WE ARE CONVERTED SINNERS, WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE ARE TRUELY CONVERTED OR NOT.


By: Joseph Flores Lopez - November 05, 2007 - Public
Category: Ask Jesus - He Says God Forgives You if You Ask
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