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- 16:01, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+393) . . N 12:58-59 What is the significance of what Jesus says here? (Created page with "====12:58-59 What is the significance of what Jesus says here?==== ('''cp''' also Mt 5:25-26)Jesus is simply teaching here the importance of making every effort to be reconcil...") (current)
- 16:01, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+543) . . N 12:54-57 What is "this time" that the Jews could not discern? (Created page with "====12:54-57 What is "this time" that the Jews could not discern?==== This time refers to then being the time of Messiah. After calling the Jews' attention to the fact that th...") (current)
- 16:01, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,017) . . N 12: 49 What is the fire that Jesus came to send on the earth? (Created page with "====12: 49 What is the fire that Jesus came to send on the earth?==== Jesus uses fire here figuratively of the Holy Spirit's empowering of believers to proclaim the gospel ('...") (current)
- 16:00, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . 12:45-48 What do we learn from what Jesus says here? (→12:45-48 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?) (current)
- 16:00, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+861) . . N 12:45-48 What do we learn from what Jesus says here? (Created page with "====12:45-48 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?==== This is called the parable of the unfaithful servant. It teaches that those who profess to love God but are indiff...")
- 16:00, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+593) . . N 12:33-34 Does this mean that Jesus expects His followers to sell all that they own and follow Him? (Created page with "====12:33-34 Does this mean that Jesus expects His followers to sell all that they own and follow Him?==== No! This refers to earthly treasures which God forbids Christians am...") (current)
- 15:59, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+5,159) . . N 12:16-21 What does this parable about the rich man teach? (Created page with "====12:16-21 What does this parable about the rich man teach?==== This is called the parable of the rich fool. It is a grim warning to Christians against making material posse...") (current)
- 15:59, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+575) . . N 12:13-15 What is the point Jesus makes here? (Created page with "====12:13-15 What is the point Jesus makes here?==== Jesus refuses to arbitrate in this dispute, pointing out to the man that there is much more to life than squabbling over a...") (current)
- 15:59, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+976) . . N 12:1-3 What is Jesus warning the disciples against here? (Created page with "====12:1-3 What is Jesus warning the disciples against here?==== Jesus is warning the disciples against allowing fear of man to influence their proclamation of His gospel. Lea...") (current)
- 15:58, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,384) . . N 11:49-51 What does Jesus mean by this? (Created page with "====11:49-51 What does Jesus mean by this?==== Jesus Himself is the wisdom of God ('''cp''' 1Cor 1:23-24, 30). In Lu 11:49, Jesus is speaking of Himself sending apostles and p...") (current)
- 15:58, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,142) . . N 11:46 Who were the lawyers and what were the burdens "grievous to be borne" they burdened men with? (Created page with "====11:46 Who were the lawyers and what were the burdens "grievous to be borne" they burdened men with?==== Lawyers were doctors, or teachers of the law of Moses, who not only...") (current)
- 15:58, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,027) . . N 11:37-38 Why did Jesus not wash His hands before eating? (Created page with "====11:37-38 Why did Jesus not wash His hands before eating?==== The washing of hands here had nothing to do with hygiene. It was a ritualistic cleansing - the ceremonial and...") (current)
- 15:58, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,503) . . N 11:33-36 What is the name given to this teaching? (Created page with "====11:33-36 What is the name given to this teaching?==== This is called the parable of the lighted candle, which is also recorded in Mt 5, Mk 4 and Lk 8, only in slightly dif...") (current)
- 15:58, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,233) . . N 11:31-32 How are we to understand what Jesus says here? (Created page with "====11:31-32 How are we to understand what Jesus says here?==== The Queen of the South is the Queen of Sheba ('''cp''' 1Ki 10:1; 2Chr 9:1). Some bible commentators place Sheba...") (current)
- 15:57, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,855) . . N 11:5-10 What exactly does Jesus teach in this parable? (Created page with "====11:5-10 What exactly does Jesus teach in this parable?==== This is called the parable of the friend at midnight. It is used by some in the church to teach how we need to p...") (current)
- 15:57, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+857) . . N 10:38-42 What is "that good part" which Mary chose? (Created page with "====10:38-42 What is "that good part" which Mary chose?==== The Greek construction of this sentence has Martha fussing about with details that were unnecessarily elaborate. Th...") (current)
- 15:57, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,393) . . N 10:29-37 What does the parable in V30-37 here teach? (Created page with "====10:29-37 What does the parable in V30-37 here teach?==== This is called the parable of the good Samaritan. It is only recorded by Luke and teaches that our neighbour is an...") (current)
- 15:57, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+640) . . N 10:20 Why did Jesus tell the disciples not to rejoice over the fact that they had power over demons? (Created page with "====10:20 Why did Jesus tell the disciples not to rejoice over the fact that they had power over demons?==== The fact that one's name is written in Heaven is to be our source...") (current)
- 15:56, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,018) . . N 10:18 What did Jesus mean by His saying that He saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven? (Created page with "====10:18 What did Jesus mean by His saying that He saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven?==== ('''cp''' Lk 10:17-19). Some believe that Jesus was referring to an actual...") (current)
- 15:56, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+5,109) . . N 10:1-12 What do we learn from Christ sending these disciples out and His instructions to them? (Created page with "====10:1-12 What do we learn from Christ sending these disciples out and His instructions to them?==== There are life principles highlighted here which apply to Christians in...") (current)
- 15:56, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+671) . . N 9:54-56 Does what Jesus says here signify disapproval of the fire Elijah called down from heaven? (Created page with "====9:54-56 Does what Jesus says here signify disapproval of the fire Elijah called down from heaven?==== No! What Elijah did in the Old Testament was sanctioned by God for Hi...") (current)
- 15:55, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+814) . . N 9:51-53 Why did the Samaritans reject Jesus? (Created page with "====9:51-53 Why did the Samaritans reject Jesus?===== The Samaritans were descendants of Jew and pagan intermarriages during the Babylonian captivity of the Jews ('''cp''' 2K...") (current)
- 15:55, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+473) . . N 9:26 What coming is Jesus referring to here? (Created page with "====9:26 What coming is Jesus referring to here?==== His second coming - after the Great Tribulation - when He comes again for the battle of Armageddon and to set up His mill...") (current)
- 15:55, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,258) . . N 8:1-3 What do we understand from this? (Created page with "====8:1-3 What do we understand from this?==== This is the first mention in scripture as to how Christ and His disciples received their support. Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susann...") (current)
- 15:55, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,774) . . N 7:41-43 What do we learn from this parable of the creditor and two debtors? (Created page with "====7:41-43 What do we learn from this parable of the creditor and two debtors?==== This parable is only found in Luke's gospel. Jesus told it because of the self-righteous an...") (current)
- 15:54, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,119) . . N 7:36-39 When was this anointing of Jesus and who was the woman? (Created page with "====7:36-39 When was this anointing of Jesus and who was the woman?==== This was the first of Jesus' three anoitings by women recorded in Scripture and happened early in Jesus...") (current)
- 15:54, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,528) . . N 6:36-38 What fundamental spiritual law is Jesus teaching here? (Created page with "====6:36-38 What fundamental spiritual law is Jesus teaching here?==== Jesus is teaching us here some very important principles of the law of sowing and reaping which apply to...") (current)
- 15:54, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,294) . . N 6:24-26 What do we learn from the woes Jesus pronounces here? (Created page with "====6:24-26 What do we learn from the woes Jesus pronounces here?==== We learn from the first woe, "but woe unto you that are rich! For ye have received your consolation", tha...") (current)
- 15:54, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,156) . . N 5:4-6 What is the lesson to be learned from what happened here? (Created page with "====5:4-6 What is the lesson to be learned from what happened here?==== This is a lesson in faith for every professing Christian. Peter had already been out all night and caug...") (current)
- 15:53, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+865) . . N 4:38-39 Why did Jesus "rebuke" the fever in Peter's mother-in-law? (Created page with "====4:38-39 Why did Jesus "rebuke" the fever in Peter's mother-in-law?==== Peter's mother-in-law's fever is also mentioned in Mt 8:14-15 and Mk 1:30-31, but Luke is the only o...") (current)
- 15:53, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+796) . . N 4:28-30 Why were the Jews filled with wrath against Jesus and trying to kill him here? (Created page with "====4:28-30 Why were the Jews filled with wrath against Jesus and trying to kill him here?==== ('''cp''' also Lk 4:18-27). While the Jews marvelled at what Jesus had to say ab...") (current)
- 15:53, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+732) . . N 4:23 What does the proverb Jesus quoted here teach? (Created page with "====4:23 What does the proverb Jesus quoted here teach?==== In this proverb Jesus anticipates the Jews' demands that He perform the miracles in Nazareth that He performed in C...") (current)
- 15:53, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,140) . . N 4:16-21 Where in the book of Isaiah is the prophecy Jesus quoted in V18-19 to be found? (Created page with "====4:16-21 Where in the book of Isaiah is the prophecy Jesus quoted in V18-19 to be found?==== This prophecy is found in Isa 61:1-2. It foretells the purpose of Messiah's fir...") (current)
- 15:53, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+402) . . N 4:1-13 What is Jesus impressing upon Christians here? (Created page with "====4:1-13 What is Jesus impressing upon Christians here?==== Jesus is impressing upon Christians here that they have to repeatedly resist the Devil, but that in order to over...") (current)
- 15:52, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,057) . . N 3:10-14 What exactly is John the Baptist teaching here? (Created page with "====3:10-14 What exactly is John the Baptist teaching here?==== John teaches here that repentance is not an abstract religious term or a matter of form and ceremony, but a rad...") (current)
- 15:52, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+655) . . N 3:9 How are we to understand this? (Created page with "====3:9 How are we to understand this?==== John is speaking figuratively here of the coming Christ who would test the reality of man's repentance ('''cp''' V8). Fruits worthy...") (current)
- 15:52, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+746) . . N 2:41-50 Why did Mary and Joseph not understand what Jesus meant here? (Created page with "====2:41-50 Why did Mary and Joseph not understand what Jesus meant here?==== Mary and Joseph both had Christ's earthly mission clearly revealed to them ('''cp''' Mt 1:18-25;...") (current)
- 15:52, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+364) . . N 2:36-37 How old was Anna? (Created page with "====2:36-37 How old was Anna?==== Most Bible scholars agree that Anna was an eighty-four years old widow whose husband died after only seven years of marriage. (Had she been...") (current)
- 15:51, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+1,154) . . N 2:34-35 What is Simeon prophesying here? (Created page with "====2:34-35 What is Simeon prophesying here?==== In V34, Simeon declares that Jesus will be a stumbling block - the fall - to many of the Jews, who will reject Him ('''cp''' P...") (current)
- 15:51, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+643) . . N 2:33 Why did Mary and Joseph marvel at what Simeon said about Jesus here? (Created page with "====2:33 Why did Mary and Joseph marvel at what Simeon said about Jesus here?==== ('''cp''' Lk 2:25-33) Marvelled here means to be struck with wonder and admiration. Simeon ha...") (current)
- 15:51, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+2,276) . . N 2:4-7 Was the day on which Jesus was born December 25? (Created page with "====2:4-7 Was the day on which Jesus was born December 25?==== No, this is merely the date the Roman Catholic, Lutheran and non-Lutheran Protestant churches observe as Christ'...") (current)
- 15:50, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+438) . . N 1:78-79 What does the word "dayspring" refer to here? (Created page with "====1:78-79 What does the word "dayspring" refer to here?==== Dayspring means the springing up of light. In scripture it is used only in a spiritual sense. Firstly, it refe...") (current)
- 15:50, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+752) . . N 1:46-47 Was Mary born without sin as so many believe? (Created page with "====1:46-47 Was Mary born without sin as so many believe?==== As this passage clearly proves, Mary was not the so -called "immaculate conception", born without the stain of or...") (current)
- 15:50, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+6,247) . . N 1:35 (B) Did Jesus become the Son of God by His incarnation or was He eternally the Son? (Created page with "====1:35 (B) Did Jesus become the Son of God by His incarnation or was He eternally the Son?==== Most Christians believe that Jesus was eternally the Son of God. The argument...") (current)
- 15:49, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+369) . . N 1:35 (A) How can Jesus be both Son of God and Son of Man? (Created page with "====1:35 (A) How can Jesus be both Son of God and Son of Man?==== The terms Son of God and Son of Man are interchangeable. They both refer to Jesus. Son of God expresses His...") (current)
- 15:49, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+818) . . N 1:26-38 Why was Zacharias punished for questioning the angel, but not Mary? (Created page with "====1:26-38 Why was Zacharias punished for questioning the angel, but not Mary?==== ('''cp''' Lk 1:5-15). Zacharias had prayed for a child, yet when God sent the angel to tel...") (current)
- 15:48, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+358) . . N 1:13-15 Was John baptized in the spirit from his mother's womb? (Created page with "====1:13-15 Was John baptized in the spirit from his mother's womb?==== John was filled with, but not baptized in, the Holy Spirit. The baptism in the Spirit was not given...") (current)
- 15:48, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+751) . . N 1:3-4 Who is Theophilus to whom Luke addressed this gospel account? (Created page with "====1:3-4 Who is Theophilus to whom Luke addressed this gospel account?==== Scriptures do not record who Theophilus is - his name means "one who loves God". Some think that th...") (current)
- 15:47, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (-93,135) . . Luke:-
- 03:56, 8 January 2019 (diff | hist) . . (+10) . . Luke:-
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