2008-01-22T22:33:08-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/bible+articles/ http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34802&columnid=3803 2008-01-22T22:33:08-05:00 The First Mission. Jesus called His twelve Disciples to venture out and put into practice all that He had taught them. This was their first great mission, and the testing ground for learning, growth, and the practicing of their faith. They were going from the classroom to the field... http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34805&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T21:38:26-05:00 Christ brings Division. This passage concludes the training exercise Jesus is giving His disciples. Christ came to give us peace. However, we often turn it into strife. Hostility towards what is good and righteous will wage against us as sin seeks its triumph and rationalizes its place... http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34804&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T21:37:04-05:00 The Fear and Awe of God. After Jesus gives the disciples their training and their project of being sent out for the first time, He further encourages and warns them. Just as Proverbs states that the fear of God is the foundation of learning and growing, so Jesus confirms and makes... http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34803&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T21:35:36-05:00 The Coming of Persecutions. Jesus calls us to be wise and be aware. The Christian life is an impossible task; it is a Way that cannot be fathomed. We cannot successfully accomplish it on our own. We face obstacles and pitfalls that derail us from the goal, and we become frustrated, los http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34801&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T21:32:15-05:00 The Twelve Apostles. Jesus was calling His followers and the twelve close Disciples to be “clued in” to the Kingdom and given the responsibility to proclaim His truth to the world... http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34800&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T19:26:01-05:00 The Compassion of Jesus! This passage is a summary of Jesus’ teaching, ministry, and example, from chapters five through nine. Here is the model of faith and practice we are to follow from the quintessential Model Himself, our Lord. http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34797&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T19:21:13-05:00 Jesus Restores Health. Here, two blind men cut off from their society, and from the sight of the glory of God’s creation, saw an opportunity. What they could not physically see, they saw by a vision that was stronger than what mere eyes could ever have beheld. http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34796&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T19:19:38-05:00 Jesus Restores Life. We continue, in this passage, the narrative of Matthew’s feast. It is a testimony to the work of our Lord, and the role of faith in the Kingdom. We will see this theme of faith, and Jesus’ intervention in the next several passages. http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34790&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T19:14:40-05:00 Jesus the Physician. Jesus was calling His follows to Follow Me! In so doing, He called the common laborers of Jewish society, such as fishermen, and then He sought after the most hated person in Jewish society at that time... http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=34789&columnid=3803 2007-11-03T19:11:45-05:00 Jesus’ Authority over Sin. Sin is the ultimate cause of spiritual paralysis. No worse infection or illness can confine us. It will control all aspects of our life and eternity to come, unless we are redeemed from it.