 TITLE: Detestable Practices AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/11/09 01:04 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "When you enter the land the Lord your GOD is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead. Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and because of these detestable practices the Lord your GOD will drive out those nations before you. You must be blameless before the Lord your GOD." ----- -------- TITLE: Unlawful Sexual Relations AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/06/09 12:18 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY:
"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'I am the Lord your GOD. You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your GOD. Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. I am the Lord.
" 'No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.
" 'Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
" 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife; that would dishonor your father.
" 'Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either
your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
" 'Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter; that would dishonor you.
" 'Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
" 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative.
" 'Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, because she is your mother's close relative." 'Do not dishonor your father's brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt. " 'Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not have relations with her. " 'Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife; that would dishonor your brother. " 'Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness. " 'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living. " 'Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period. " 'Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her. " 'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your GOD, I am the Lord. " 'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable. " 'Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion. " 'Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled. Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things, for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you. " 'Everyone who does any of these detestable things--such persons must be cut off from their people. Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your GOD.' " ----- -------- TITLE: Clean and Unclean AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/03/08 01:38 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: " 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' You have let go of the commands of GOD and are holding on to the traditions of men." "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of GOD in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to GOD), then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of GOD by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that." "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' " "Are you so dull?" "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." "What comes out of a man is what makes him 'unclean.' For from within, out of men's hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and make a man 'unclean.' " ----- -------- TITLE: Clean and Unclean AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/01/08 02:42 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "And why do you break the command of GOD for the sake of your tradition? For GOD said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is a gift devoted to GOD,' he is not to 'honor his father' with it. Thus you nullify the word of GOD for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: " 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' " "Listen and understand. What goes into a man's mouth does not make him 'unclean,' but what comes out of his mouth, that is what makes him 'unclean.' " "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit." "Are you still so dull?" "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.' " ----- -------- TITLE: The Resurrection and Marriage AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 12/16/07 01:25 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are GOD's children, since they are children of the resurrection. But in the account of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the GOD of Abraham, and the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob.' He is not the GOD of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive." ----- -------- TITLE: Marriage at the Resurrection AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 12/15/07 01:43 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of GOD? When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. Now about the dead rising--have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how GOD said to him, 'I am the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob'? He is not the GOD of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!" ----- -------- TITLE: Marriage at the Resurrection AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 12/14/07 01:14 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of GOD. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what GOD said to you, 'I am the GOD of Abraham, the GOD of Isaac, and the GOD of Jacob'? He is not the GOD of the dead but of the living." ----- -------- TITLE: Lord of the Sabbath AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/26/07 12:07 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the House of GOD, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions." "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." "Get up and stand in front of everyone." "I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?" "Stretch out your hand." ----- -------- TITLE: A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/25/07 11:08 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Woman, you are set free from your infirmity." "You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?" ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus at a Pharisee's House AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/24/07 11:57 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" "If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out?" "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place. But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the ressurection of the righteous." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/23/07 01:13 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.' "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'GOD, have mercy on me, a sinner.' "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before GOD. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." ----- -------- TITLE: Zacchaeus the Tax Collector AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/23/07 11:38 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/23/07 11:29 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. "Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in, 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/20/07 02:43 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius for the day and sent them into his vineyard. "About the third hour he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He told them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.' So they went. "He went out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour and did the same thing. About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, 'Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?' "Because no one has hired us,' they answered. "He said to them, 'You also go and work in my vineyard.' "When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.' "The workers who were hired about the eleventh hour came and each received a denarius. So when those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. 'These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.' "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Didn't you agree to work for a denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?' "So the last will be first, and the first will be last." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Two Sons AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/14/07 01:30 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work today in the vineyard.' " 'I will not,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. "Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go. "Which of the two did what his father wanted?" "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of GOD ahead of you. For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Tenants AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/12/07 12:39 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit. "The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said. "But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir, Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.' So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" "Have you never read in the Scriptures: " 'The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes' ? "Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of GOD will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Wedding Banquet AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/09/07 11:50 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. "Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.' "But they paid no attention and went off--one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. Go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. "But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' "For many are invited, but few are chosen." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Weeds Explained AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/02/07 06:49 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, and the good seed stands for the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels. "As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Weeds AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/30/07 01:01 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. "The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' " 'An enemy did this,' he replied. "The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' " 'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.' " ----- -------- TITLE: The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/25/07 01:30 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches." "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into a large amount of flour until it worked all through the dough." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/21/07 03:59 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Net AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/19/07 02:09 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come and seperate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. "Have you understood all these things?" "Therefore every teacher of the law who has been instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Sower AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/16/07 11:55 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop--a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. He who has ears, let him hear." "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. This is why I speak to them in parables: "Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: " 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Sower AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/07/07 10:15 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times." "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." "The secret of the kingdom of GOD has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything is said in parables so that, " 'they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!' " "Don't you understand this parable? How then will you understand any parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Sower AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/02/07 01:17 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; It was trampled on, and the birds of the air ate it up. Some fell on rock, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown." "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of GOD has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, 'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.' "This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of GOD. Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life's worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/14/07 11:47 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Simon, I have something to tell you." "Two men owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?" "You have judged correctly." "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little." "Your sins are forgiven." "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus' Mother and Brothers AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 03/23/07 11:32 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "My mother and brothers are those who hear GOD's Word and put it into practice." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/18/07 11:44 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.' "The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg--I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.' "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' " 'Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.' "Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?' " 'A thousand bushels of wheat,' he replied. "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.' "The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own? "No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both GOD and Money." "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but GOD knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in GOD's sight." ----- -------- TITLE: The Rich Ruler AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/16/07 02:55 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Why do you call me good?" "No one is good--except GOD alone. You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.' " "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." "How hard it is for the rich to enter The Kingdom of GOD! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter The Kingdom of GOD." "What is impossible with men is possible with GOD." "I tell you the truth," "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of The Kingdom of GOD will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life." ----- -------- TITLE: The Rich Man and Lazarus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/14/07 03:32 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man's table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. "The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.' "But Abraham replied, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anything cross over from there to us.' "He answered, 'Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father's house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' "Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.' " 'No, father Abraham,' he said, 'but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.' "He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' " ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus is The Lord GOD AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/22/07 11:02 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I am the Alpha and the Omega," "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." ----- -------- TITLE: The Seven Stars and The Seven Golden Lampstands AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/21/07 12:32 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea." "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. "Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches." ----- -------- TITLE: To The Church in Ephesus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/13/07 10:05 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands: I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverence. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked men, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. But you have this in your favor: You hate the practices of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Sprit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of GOD." ----- -------- TITLE: To The Church in Smyrna AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/12/07 11:47 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again. I know your afflictions and your poverty--yet you are rich! I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death." ----- -------- TITLE: To The Church in Pergamum AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/11/07 12:01 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword. I know where you live--where satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city--where satan lives. Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin by eating food sacrificed to idols and by committing sexual immorality. Likewise you also have those who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans. Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it." ----- -------- TITLE: To The Church in Thyatira AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/10/07 12:06 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "To the angel of the church in Thyatira write. These are the words of the Son of GOD, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverence, and that you are now doing more than you did at first. Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetouess. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. I have given her time to repent of her immorality, but she is unwilling. So I will cast her on a bed of suffering, and I will make those who commit adultery with her suffer intensely, unless they repent of her ways. I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds. Now I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned satan's so-called deep secrets (I will not impose any other burden on you): Only hold on to what you have until I come. To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations-- 'He will rule them with an iron sceptor; he will dash them to pieces like pottery'-- just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." ----- -------- TITLE: To The Church in Sardis AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/08/07 11:37 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "To the angel of the church in Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of GOD and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my GOD. Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." ----- -------- TITLE: To The Church in Philadelphia AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/03/07 10:28 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds, See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. I will make those who are of the synagogue of satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars--I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come upon the whole world to test those who live on the earth. I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my GOD. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my GOD and the name of the city of my GOD, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my GOD; and I will also write on him my new name. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." ----- -------- TITLE: To The Church in Laodicea AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/02/07 09:56 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of GOD's creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." ----- -------- TITLE: The Revelation of Jesus Christ AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 01/01/07 11:22 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this." ----- -------- TITLE: The Rapture AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 12/28/06 12:35 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus is Coming AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 12/20/06 01:12 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book." "Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End. "Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. "I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star." "Yes, I am coming soon." ----- -------- TITLE: Signs of the End of the Age AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 11/25/06 11:52 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do you see all these things?" "I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains. "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. "So when you see standing in the holy place 'the abomination that causes desolation,' spoken of through the prophet Daniel--let the reader understand--then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'There he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect--if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time. "So if anyone tells you, 'There he is, out in the desert,' do not go out; or, 'Here he is, in the inner rooms,' do not believe it. For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. "Immediately after the distress of those days 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' "At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." ----- -------- TITLE: Signs of the End of the Age AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 11/21/06 12:16 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do you see all these great buildings?" "Not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down." "Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and will deceive many. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains. "You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues. On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them. And the gospel must first be preached to all nations. Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. "When you see 'the abomination that causes desolation' standing where it does not belong--let the reader understand--then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let no one on the roof of his house go down or enter the house to take anything out. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that this will not take place in winter, because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when GOD created the world, until now--and never to be equaled again. If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them. At that time if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or, 'Look, there he is!' do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect--if that were possible. So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time. "But in those days, following that distress, " ' the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.' "At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. "Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away." ----- -------- TITLE: Signs of the End of the Age AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 11/17/06 11:35 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will be thrown down." "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away." "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. "But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. This will result in your being witnesses to them. But make up your mind not to worry beforehand how you will defend yourselves. For I will give you words and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. All men will hate you because of me. But not a hair of your head will perish. By standing firm you will gain life. "When you see Jerusalem being surronded by armies, you will know that its desolation is near. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. For this is the time of punishment in fulfillment of all that has been written. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! There will be great distress in the land and wrath against this people. They will fall by the sword and will be taken as prisoners to all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea. Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken. At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." "Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the Kingdom of GOD is near. "I tell you the truth, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." ----- -------- TITLE: The Coming of the Kingdom of GOD AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 11/16/06 10:04 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The Kingdom of GOD does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the Kingdom of GOD is within you." "The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. Men will tell you, 'There he is!' or 'Here he is!' Do not go running off after them. For the Son of Man in his day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. "Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. "It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. "It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. On that day no one who is on the roof of his house, with his goods inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. Remember Lot's wife! Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left." "Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather." ----- -------- TITLE: Watchfulness AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 11/15/06 12:15 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, like men waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, will have them recline at the table and will come and wait on them. It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the menservants and maidservants and to eat and drink and get drunk. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers. "That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded: and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked." ----- -------- TITLE: The Sheep and the Goats AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 10/17/06 04:13 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.' "Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?' "The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' "Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.' "They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?' "He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Talents AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 10/16/06 04:20 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received the five talents went at once and put his money to work and gained five more. So also, the one with the two talents gained two more. But the man who had received the one talent went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. "After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who had received the five talents brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.' "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' "The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.' "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' "Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.' "His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. " 'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' " ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Ten Virgins AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 10/13/06 03:58 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. The wise, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. "At midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' "Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.' " 'No,' they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.' "But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. "Later the others also came. 'Sir! Sir!' they said. 'Open the door for us!' "But he replied, 'I tell you the truth, I don't know you.' "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour." ----- -------- TITLE: The Day and Hour Unknown AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 10/11/06 04:18 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. "Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. "Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his household to give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns. I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' and he then begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." ----- -------- TITLE: The Day and Hour Unknown AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 10/10/06 05:07 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. It's like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. "Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!'" ----- -------- TITLE: The Great Commission AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/31/06 01:24 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "All Authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." ----- -------- TITLE: The Resurrection AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/30/06 12:55 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/29/06 11:42 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
"It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
----- -------- TITLE: Some Desert Jesus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/27/06 12:03 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY:
"Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe."
"This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him." "You do not want to leave too, do you?" "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!" ----- -------- TITLE: Some Continue in Their Unbelief AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/26/06 06:22 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY:
"When a man believes in me, he does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. When he looks at me, he sees the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
"As for the person who hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save it. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day. For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say."
----- -------- TITLE: The Unbelief of Some AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/25/06 04:46 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY:
"I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. I and the Father are one."
"I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?"
"Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'? If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of GOD came--and the Scripture cannot be broken--what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am GOD's Son'? Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father." ----- -------- TITLE: The Shepherd and His Flock AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/19/06 01:31 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I tell you the truth, the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger's voice." "I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. All who ever came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. "I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me--just as the Father knows me and I know the Father--and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life--only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father." ----- -------- TITLE: Spiritual Blindness AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/18/06 03:24 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" "You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you." "For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind." "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/17/06 01:07 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil. You go to the Feast. I am not yet going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Teaches at the Feast AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/16/06 02:05 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. If anyone chooses to do GOD's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from GOD or whether I speak on my own. He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?" "I did one miracle, and you are all astonished. Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath. Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath? Stop judging by mere apperances, and make a right judgment." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus the Bread of Life AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/15/06 11:28 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him GOD the Father has placed his seal of approval." "The work of GOD is this: to believe in the one he has sent." "I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of GOD is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." "I am the bread that came down from heaven." " 'I came down from heaven'? " "Stop grumbling among yourselves," "No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by GOD.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. No one has seen the Father except the one who is from GOD; only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever." ----- -------- TITLE: Testimonies About Jesus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/13/06 03:45 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid. There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is valid. "You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved. John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light. "I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the very work that the Father has given me to finish, and which I am doing, testifies that the Father has sent me. And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form, nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent. You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life. "I do not accept praise from men, but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of GOD in your hearts. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe if you accept praise from one another, yet make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only GOD? "But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?" ----- -------- TITLE: Life Through the Son AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/12/06 05:36 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it. Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him. "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of GOD and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me." ----- -------- TITLE: The Validity of Jesus' Testimony AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/11/06 12:41 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. You judge by human standards; I pass judgement on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me." "You do not know me or my Father," "If you knew me, you would know my Father also." "I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come." " 'Where I go, you cannot come' " "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins." "Just what I have been claiming all along," "I have much to say in judgement of you. But he who sent me is reliable, and what I have heard from him I tell the world." "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am the one I claim to be and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him." ----- -------- TITLE: The Children of Abraham AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/10/06 12:39 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word. I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father." "If you were Abraham's children," "then you would do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from GOD. Abraham did not do such things. You are doing the things your own father does." ----- -------- TITLE: The Children of the Devil AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/09/06 03:46 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If GOD were your Father, you would love me, for I came from GOD and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? He who belongs to GOD hears what GOD says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to GOD." ----- -------- TITLE: The Claims of Jesus About Himself AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 08/07/06 04:06 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I am not possessed by a demon," "but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. I tell you the truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your GOD, is the one who glorifies me. Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word. Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad." "I tell you the truth," "before Abraham was born, I am!" ----- -------- TITLE: The Death of Lazarus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/30/06 04:10 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for GOD's glory so that GOD's Son may be glorified through it." "Let us go back to Judea." "Are there not twelve hours of daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he sees by this world's light. It is when he walks by night that he stumbles, for he has no light." "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up." "Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Comforts the Sisters AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/29/06 12:01 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Your brother will rise again." "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" "Where have you laid him?" ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Raieses Lazarus from the Dead AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/28/06 11:16 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Take away the stone," "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of GOD?" "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me." "Lazarus, come out!" "Take off the grave clothes and let him go." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/27/06 09:46 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," "but this happened so that the work of GOD might be displayed in his life. As long as it is day, we must do the work of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." "Go," "wash in the Pool of Siloam." ----- -------- TITLE: The Healing at the Pool AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/26/06 03:29 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do you want to get well?" "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk." " 'Pick up your mat and walk.' " "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/25/06 04:45 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Will you give me a drink?" "If you knew the gift of GOD and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life." "Go, call your husband and come back." "You are right when you say you have no husband. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true." "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. GOD is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." "I who speak to you am he." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Teaches Nicodemus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/16/06 02:07 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I tell you the truth, no one can see the Kingdom of GOD unless he is born again." "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the Kingdom of GOD unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be suprised at my saying, 'You must be born again.' The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit." "You are Israel's teacher," "and do you not understand these things? I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony. I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven--the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. "For GOD so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For GOD did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of GOD's one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through GOD." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Comforts His Disciples AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/15/06 10:48 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in GOD; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus the Way to the Father AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/14/06 12:08 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." "Don't you know me, Phillip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/13/06 11:42 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. "All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me. "Come now; let us leave." ----- -------- TITLE: The Vine and the Branches AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/12/06 11:47 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not remain in me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. This is my command: Love each other." ----- -------- TITLE: The World Hates the Disciples AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/11/06 03:43 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also. They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the One who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates me hates my Father as well. If I had not done among them what no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these miracles, and yet they have hated both me and my Father. But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: 'They hated me without reason.' "When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning. "All this I have told you so that you will not go astray. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you this at first because I was with you." ----- -------- TITLE: The Work of the Holy Spirit AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/10/06 01:30 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgement: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgement, because the prince of this world now stands condemned. "I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you. "In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me." ----- -------- TITLE: The Disciples' Grief Will Turn to Joy AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/09/06 05:28 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: " 'In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,' 'Because I am going to the Father' ?" " 'a little while' ?" "Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, 'In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me' ? I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will recieve, and your joy will be complete. "Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from GOD. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." "You believe at last!" "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." ----- -------- TITLE: The Lord's Supper AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/08/06 05:11 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the house he enters, 'The Teacher asks: Where is my guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there." "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me--one who is eating with me." "It is one of the Twelve," "one who dips bread into the bowl with me. The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born." "Take it; this is my body." "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many," "I tell you the truth, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the Kingdom of GOD." ----- -------- TITLE: The Last Supper AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/07/06 10:22 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover." "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house that he enters, and say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' He will show you a large upper room, all furnished. Make preparations there." "I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds fulfillment in the Kingdom of GOD." "Take this and divide it among you. For I tell you I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until the Kingdom of GOD comes." "This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me." "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. But the hand of him who is going to betray me is with mine on the table. The Son of Man will go as it has been decreed, but woe to that man who betrays him." "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. You are those who have stood by me in my trials. And I confer on you a kingdom, just as my Father conferred one on me, so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. "Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strenghthen your brothers." "I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me." "When I sent you without purse, bag or sandals, did you lack anything?" "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. It is written: 'And he was numbered with the transgressors' ; and I tell you that this must be fulfilled in me. Yes, what is written about me is reaching its fulfillment." "That is enough." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/06/06 01:04 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "You will all fall away," "for it is written: " 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' " But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee." "I tell you the truth," "today--yes, tonight--before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Predicts His Betrayal AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/05/06 10:36 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I am not referring to all of you; I know those I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture: 'He who shares my bread has lifted up his heel against me.' "I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe that I am He. I tell you the truth, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me." "I tell you the truth, one of you is going to betray me." "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish." "What you are about to do, do quickly." ----- -------- TITLE: Gethsemane AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/04/06 02:59 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Sit here while I go over there and pray," "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me." "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." "Could you men not keep watch with me for one hour?" "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak." "My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done." "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is near, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us go! Here comes my betrayer!" ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Arrested AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 07/03/06 08:09 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Friend, do what you came for." "Put your sword back in its place," "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?" "Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Prays for Himself AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/29/06 03:11 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Prays for His Disciples AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/28/06 03:30 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name---the name you gave me---so that they may be one as we are one. While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. "I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth: your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Prays for All Believers AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/27/06 12:37 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one. Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus the Christ AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/19/06 03:32 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, but I know him because I am from him and he sent me." "I am with you for only a short time, and then I go to the one who sent me. You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come." "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus' Mother and Brothers AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/18/06 11:37 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?" "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my Father in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother." ----- -------- TITLE: Whose Son Is the Christ? AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/16/06 04:07 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" "How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says, " 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet." ' If then David calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus is Christ AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/15/06 03:04 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Who do the crowds say I am?" "But what about you?" "Who do you say I am?" "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life." ----- -------- TITLE: To Share Jesus's Glory AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/12/06 04:17 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "What do you want me to do for you?" "You don't know what you are asking," "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?" "You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared." "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." ----- -------- TITLE: The Narrow Door AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/09/06 01:25 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.' "But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.' "Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.' "But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!' "There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the Kingdom of GOD, but you yourselves thrown out. People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their places at the feast in the Kingdom of GOD. Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last." ----- -------- TITLE: Who Is the Greatest? AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/08/06 04:13 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "What were you arguing about on the road?" "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." "Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me." ----- -------- TITLE: The Cost of Following Jesus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/07/06 05:00 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead." ----- -------- TITLE: The Cost of Being a Disciple AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/06/06 11:11 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters---yes, even his own life---he cannot be my disciple. And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Will he not first sit down and estimate the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? For if he lays the foundation and is not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule him, saying, 'This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.' "Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Will he not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out. "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Lost Sheep AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 06/01/06 04:53 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Lost Coin AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/31/06 10:58 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Does she not light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.' In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of GOD over one sinner who repents." ----- -------- TITLE: The Parable of the Lost Sheep AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/30/06 04:35 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost." ----- -------- TITLE: The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/29/06 10:21 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large milstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. "Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to sin! Such things must come, but woe to the man through whom they come! If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life maimed or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell." ----- -------- TITLE: The Little Children and Jesus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/27/06 06:11 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of GOD belongs to such as these. I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the Kingdom of GOD like a little child will never enter it." ----- -------- TITLE: Sin, Faith, Duty AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/26/06 12:10 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a milstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. So watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, 'I repent.' forgive him." "If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it will obey you. "Suppose one of you had a servant plowing or looking after the sheep. Would he say to the servant when he comes in from the field, 'Come along now and sit down to eat'? Would he not rather say, 'Prepare my supper, get yourself ready and wait on me while I eat and drink; after that you may eat and drink'? Would he thank the servant because he did what he was told to do? So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, would say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.'" ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus and Beelzebub AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/22/06 01:52 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "How can Satan drive out Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. In fact, no one can enter a strong man's house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can rob his house. I tell you the truth, all the sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven them. But whoever blasphemies against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of an eternal sin." ----- -------- TITLE: Woe on Unrepentant Cities AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/21/06 09:11 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgement than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies? No, you will go down to the depths. If the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgement than for you." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Predicts His Death AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/20/06 09:52 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of GOD, but the things of men." "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!" ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Again Predicts His Death AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/19/06 03:49 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "We are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled. He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will mock him, insult him, spit on him, flog him and kill him. On the third day he will rise again." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Rejected at Nazareth AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/17/06 03:49 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'" "I tell you the truth, no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elijah the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed - only Naaman the Syrian." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/14/06 11:30 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" ----- -------- TITLE: Repent or Perish AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/13/06 09:54 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them - do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish." ----- -------- TITLE: The Sign of Jonah AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/12/06 09:25 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. The Queen of the South will rise at the judgement with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon's wisdom, and now one greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here." ----- -------- TITLE: Interpreting the Times AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/11/06 04:24 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'Its going to rain,' and it does. And when the south wind blows, you say, 'Its going to be hot,' and it is. Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the apprarance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don't know how to interpret this present time? "Why don't you judge for yourselves what is right? As you are going with your adversary to the magistrate, try hard to be reconciled to him on the way, or he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny." ----- -------- TITLE: Not Peace but Division AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/10/06 12:46 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed! Do you think I came to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division. From now on there will be five in one family divided against each other, three against two and two against three. They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." ----- -------- TITLE: Call to Repentance AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 05/08/06 01:15 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Follow me," "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." ----- -------- TITLE: Adultery AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/29/06 04:20 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of yoyr body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell." ----- -------- TITLE: Divorce AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/28/06 01:46 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "It has been said, 'Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.' But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulterouss, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery." ----- -------- TITLE: Divorce AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/27/06 02:19 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for maritial unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery. "Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For some are eunuchs because they were born that way; others were made that way by men; and others have renounced marriage because of the Kingdom of Heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it." ----- -------- TITLE: Divorce AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/26/06 02:23 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "What did Moses command you?" "It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law. But at the beginning of creation GOD 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what GOD has joined together, let man not separate." "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery." ----- -------- TITLE: Fasting AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/25/06 01:15 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." ----- -------- TITLE: Oaths AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/24/06 02:31 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.' But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is GOD's throne; or by the earth, for it is his footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. And do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black. Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one." ----- -------- TITLE: Judging Others AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/23/06 11:36 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces." ----- -------- TITLE: A Brother Who Sins Against You AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/21/06 02:51 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.' If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. "I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. "Again, I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." ----- -------- TITLE: Murder AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/20/06 01:38 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgement.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgement. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell. "Therefore, if oyu are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift. "Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. I tell you the truth, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny." ----- -------- TITLE: An Eye for an Eye AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/18/06 02:56 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you." ----- -------- TITLE: Love for Enemies AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/17/06 02:31 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect." ----- -------- TITLE: Prayer AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/14/06 01:44 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. "This, then, is how you should pray: " 'Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.' For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." ----- -------- TITLE: Feast on the Word AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/13/06 01:57 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of GOD.'" ----- -------- TITLE: Do Not Worry AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/12/06 02:42 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how GOD clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." ----- -------- TITLE: Treasures in Heaven AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/11/06 02:40 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY:
"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
"The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
"No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both GOD and Money."
----- -------- TITLE: The Narrow and Wide Gates AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/10/06 02:30 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." ----- -------- TITLE: The Beatitudes AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/07/06 01:44 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the meciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see GOD. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of GOD. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in Heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
----- -------- TITLE: Rest for the Weary AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/06/06 04:00 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure. "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." ----- -------- TITLE: Giving to the Needy AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/05/06 01:25 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you." ----- -------- TITLE: Ask, Seek, Knock AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/04/06 11:32 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. "Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Comforts His Disciples AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 04/03/06 02:50 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in GOD; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." ----- -------- TITLE: The Lamp of the Body AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 03/31/06 10:50 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you." ----- -------- TITLE: The Wise and Foolish Builders AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 03/19/06 09:36 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? I will show you what he is like who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice. He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid the foundation on rock. When a flood came, the torrent struck that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. But the one who hears my words and does not put them into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. The moment the torrent struck that house, it collasped and its destruction was complete." ----- -------- TITLE: Have Faith in GOD AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 03/13/06 11:34 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Have faith in GOD. I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have recieved it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in Heaven may forgive you your sins." ----- -------- TITLE: A Lamp on a Stand AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 03/08/06 02:32 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "No one lights a lamp and hides it in a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he puts it on a stand, so that those who come in can see the light. For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him." ----- -------- TITLE: A Tree and Its Fruit AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 03/03/06 10:16 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thornbushes, or grapes from briers. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks." ----- -------- TITLE: Salt and Light AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 03/01/06 10:53 am STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." ----- -------- TITLE: The Little Children and Jesus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/27/06 01:16 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these." ----- -------- TITLE: Jesus Prayer for Himself AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/23/06 02:00 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true GOD, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began." ----- -------- TITLE: Follow Jesus AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/21/06 01:24 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me and for the gospel will save it. What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his Father's glory with the holy angels." ----- -------- TITLE: Causing to Sin AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/20/06 03:40 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of GOD with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.' Everyone will be salted with fire. "Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other." ----- -------- TITLE: The Greatest Commandment AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/19/06 03:15 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The most important one, is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our GOD, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." ----- -------- TITLE: The Fulfillment of the Law AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/18/06 01:54 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the Kingdom of Heaven." ----- -------- TITLE: Additional Teachings AUTHOR: Albert DATE: 02/17/06 01:02 pm STATUS: publish PRIMARY CATEGORY: ----- BODY: "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John (John the Baptist). Since that time, the good news of the Kingdom of GOD is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the least stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law." "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery." ----- -------- |
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