Swallow No Camels
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Category: The 70 Weeks with Jesus Blog
We follow the New Testament from the preaching of John the Baptist through the 70 weeks from the baptism of Jesus until the baptism of the disciples with the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
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Week 50 — What About The Lost?Luke 15:1-32 Have you ever lost something that was very important to you? So crucial that you dropped anything else you were doing to search for it? So important that you would tear the house apart if that were required to find it? Jesus continues to teach in the…
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Week 49 —FruitlessMatthew 20:1-16, Luke 13:1-9 Jesus is still teaching in the area east of the Jordan, and in our passage today, someone interrupted him to tell him some bad news. Luke 13:1-6 There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. …
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Week 48 —Guess who’s coming to dinner Matthew 20:1-16 After Hanukkah, Jesus left Jerusalem and traveled east of the Jordan, spending the winter in the region of Perea. It seems every few months, we hear of a political leader or religious leader of some denomination who is caught in some moral failure. They may have had…
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Week 47 ——— Payroll AccountingMatthew 20:1-16 The holidays are over. In 27 AD, when the holidays of Hanukkah had ended, Jesus went to the area east of the Jordan, where he spent the winter. He is teaching to the people there, many of whom had been John the Baptist’s followers. While there, he tells this story:…
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Week 46 ——— Teach Us To Pray AgainLuke 11:1-13 John 10:40-42 John 10:40-42 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and there he remained. And many came to him. And they said, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.” …
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For the past year, we have been tracing the gospel story of Jesus week by week as it happened 1997 years ago. It is midwinter in 27 AD, the 45th week of Jesus’ 70-week ministry. Our passage for today comes from Luke 10, Luke 10:38-42 Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a…
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Week 43 ——— The Light of the WorldJohn 10:1–23 The days are getting shorter. Have you noticed it? There is less daylight every day. Today, there will be 4.5 fewer hours of sunlight than in June. Does anyone like that? It could be worse. The further north you live, the less daylight there is. This…
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Week 42 ——— The Hope of Christmas- JusticeMatthew 12:14-41 Jesus’ disciples will return from their two-month mission next week, and we will resume our chronological study. As this is the first week of Advent, and the theme is the hope of the coming Messiah and prophecies, let me begin with an Isaiah prophecy. Isaiah 42:1-4Behold my…
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Week 41 ——— Good Samaritan, Bad QuestionsLuke 10:25-37 Jesus’ disciples will be on their two-month mission for a few more weeks. So, we continue to examine some of his teachings. Today, we discuss his most well-known parable, The Good Samaritan. We talked about parables back in August when we discussed the parable of the four soils. …
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Week 40 ——— Don’t Be OffendableMatthew 5:21-26 Last week, we talked about murder and anger and how, in God’s view, they are very much alike because both come from the same place in the heart. We looked at these verses: Matthew 5:21-26 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You…
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