Walking Through The New Testament

Tonight. The topic is love. I was watching a documentary on the 1 Percent in America, and I have to quote this man that was driving a van talking to the grandson of Johnson and Johnson Pharmaceuticals. The man said:

“My family is one of the richest families in the world, but not with money. With love, kindness, calmness, and patience. Qualities that are worth more than money, and you can’t buy that.”

The doc is called the 1 Percent. I am not a Socialist, by any means. I am a lover of Christ Jesus and His teachings.
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah

Mark 8:27-30
27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”

Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”

30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.

We are Him
He resides in us.
He will never leave us.
He has set up a permanent camp in you.
He died for you.
He is waiting, with arms wide open for you.
He loves you.
Tonight, or just before you gobble down that turkey tomorrow, raise you hands to Him. Thank Him. Love on Him. It will be the best tasting turkey you ever had.

God Bless you all. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. Eat, drink, and be Merry. But…bring Jesus to the table. Prepare a place for Him, as He has prepared a place for you.

Jesus is the Messiah. The Savior. The Redeemer. The Alpha and Omega. The Beginning and the End. The Way, the Truth, and the Life. Raise Him high in your house. Place Him at the Head of Your table. Give Him thanks, because every heart that beats, beats for His glory.

Amen.
DK

Jesus must know our hearts….

22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”

24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”

25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into the village.”

I love my commentary on the Bible by Warren Wiersbe. This verse required study.

Upon reading this, you would think it deals with Jesus just healing another blind man. There is more. Healing is not just healing, it’s teaching how to heal. They are lessons on the supernatural method of healing an injury.

As a have read through the Gospels in Matthew, Luke, and now Mark, I have found told to help me theough this life in his name. I have found a way to heal. I didn’t even know this existed prior to last year. I had heard of it, but I was always skeptical. However, the more I get to know Jesus, the more I realize that the restrictions of this world are not meant for me. As a believer in Jesus, my instructions come from Him and Him alone. He is my Way, Truth, and Life.

In these verses, Jesus is showing is how to use the tools He left us. How to activate. It’s awesome. Let me share the methods used:

1 . Don’t seek after signs, but live by Faith in His Word.

2. Trust in Jesus to meet needs.

3. Avoid false doctrine.

4. Let Jesus work as He wills, and experienced t variety.

With these four rules to guide us, we can learn to remove the limitations of sight. It is our eyes that fool us, and at many times our false understanding of this world. Hand it over. Give Him the keys to the castle. After all, it’s His anyway. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

How quickly we forget in times of trouble. Remind you of anyone?

Mark 8:14
14 The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. 15 “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”

16 They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.”

17 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

“Twelve,” they replied.

20 “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”

They answered, “Seven.”

21 He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”

Down to the very last detail, Jesus is teaching. He has them remember and compare the baskets of left over bread after feeding the 5000 and then the 4000. He has them remember. This goes to show just how deliberate and well planned all the miracles were. Every single angle and every detail taken into consideration. This is the lesson that we must learn. The product of that is faith.

The focus of this verse is on the inability of even those closest to Him to see that they will always be taken care. The lack of trust and understanding that plagues our walk on this earth, and the need for His teaching to make our way towards the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Towards Jesus.

The questions Jesus asks are incredibly thought provoking and should serve as s reminder to us that Jesus elicits change in our lives. That He expects it, and He will forever know our hearts.

Love your God with all of your heart, all of your soul, all of your mind first. Then love yourself the same way. Then you will be able to love all other. #JesusSaves

Amen.
DK

Jesus sees the strong faith these people that love Him. And as promised, He takes care of them…

Luke 8:1-13
1 During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”

4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”

5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.

“Seven,” they replied.

6 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. 7 They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them. 8 The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 9 About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away, 10 he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.

11 The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. 12 He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.” 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.

The miracle of the feeding was not meant to be seen as a spectacle. After all, He is God in human form. This miracle was something that is promised and Jesus explains in the Gospels that as believers we will be taken care of. Still an amazing event.

Once all had eaten, there was still food left over, miracle #2 in this scene which goes to show us that God not only provides enough, but He provides more than enough. Remember this scenario this Thanksgiving when you are stocking away leftovers.

Lastly, the Pharisees ask for a sign from Jesus. A timed event that would “justify” Him in front of others so that they can believe. Jesus just doesn’t answer, He sighs. A deep sigh of sadness I am sure. He knows us. He knows all of us.

Remember that time you orayed and asked for a sign? Well, the signs are all around us. Every morning when you get up is a sign that you are forgiven. Every heartbeat a miracle. Every breath a gift. Even if you in the valley right now, in a rough patch, in a dry season, He is with you. Helping you through. There’s your sign. #JesusSaves

Amen
DK

Mark 7:31-37
31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.[h] 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.

33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

36 Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. 37 People were overwhelmed with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”

We are so attached to what we see and hear and soeak, that we fail to see the true miracle of Jesus Christ. He removed our sins. We will no longer suffer for eternity because of Jesus. We are forgiven because of what He did for us. For you and I and the whole world.

Jesus tells those He Heals and those who witness the miracle not to tell. Why? I would imagine it is because to Jesus, the temporary fixes of this world are not what He came for. He came for our hearts. He knew exactly who to heal and how to heal them. Those He healed would become witnesses to Him for all Jews and Gentiles. It was not random, but rather it was determined prior to every action he took according to what The Father wanted.

We can stand in amazement, but truth be told all we need to do is thank Him daily. The miracles are promises. So promised that once baptized with the Holy Spirit, you will heal all you touch as well. It is the gift that he left us. You just need to be ACTIVATED. #JesusSaves

Amen.
DK