Hello Friendly People,
As I'm thinking about Christs' sacrifice this week I was drawn to this idea of Jesus being constantly watched and evaluated. People not wanting to discover Him, but to trip Him up in some way; to find fault that could be used against Him. Every synagogue meeting must have been stressful, every meal, every time He touched or healed someone, His was under peoples scrutiny. I can see their glaring eyes, their sinister grimaces........ as He offers them truth. Pastors, in particular, are pushed to the edge, along with there families helping people; and many times the very people they pour themselves into, turn to curse them. Now more than ever we need the power of Jesus' death.
Luke 13
V31 Jesus is warned by the Pharisees that Herod is out to kill Him and He better leave that place.
V32 And He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I reach my goal.'
V33 "Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
V34 "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, Just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings and you would not have it!
Chapter 14
V1 And it came about when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him closely.
V2 And there, in front of Him was a certain man suffering from dropsy.
V3 And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"
V4 But they kept silent . And He took hold of him , and healed him, and sent him away.
V5 And he said to them. "Which one of you shall have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?
V6 And they could make no reply to this.
Bloom where your planted, let your light shine, even among the watchers!
Never give up! Never give in!
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