S178P12 – Jesus said that: the promise is true

Jn. 11:1-4 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.  It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.  Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love…

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S178P11 – Jesus said that: a great trade

Lk. 6:24-26 But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.  Woe to you who are full, for you shall hunger.  Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.  Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false…

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S178P10 – Jesus said that: sin from within, not without

Mk. 7:17-23 When [Jesus] had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked Him concerning the parable.  So He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also?  Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him, because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and…

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S178P9 – Jesus said that: the dying hearts

Mt. 6:19-21 Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will…

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S178P8 – Jesus said that: the true shepherd is known

Jn. 10:1-5 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.  But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.  To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his…

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A life among the weeds

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ui8dg-13c81d5 As the Lord plants good seed, the enemy plants his weeds.  While we must navigate life today with this infiltration of evil, we can rest on the promise that the future day of harvest will banish those weeds forever.

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S178P7 – Jesus said that: a matter of taste

Lk. 5:36-39 Then [Jesus] spoke a parable to [the scribes and Pharisees]: “No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.  And no one puts new wine into old…

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S178P6 – Jesus said that: the dark miracles

Mk. 13:5-6, 21-23 Jesus, answering [Peter, James, John, and Andrew], began to say: “Take heed that no one deceives you.  For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.  Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ do not believe it. …

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S178P5 – Jesus said that: we lose nothing

Mt. 19:27-30 Then Peter answered and said to [Jesus], “See, we have left all and followed You.  Therefore what shall we have?”  So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also…

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S178P4 – Jesus said that: judgment by truth

Jn. 12:44-48 Then Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, believes not in Me but in Him who sent Me.  And he who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.  I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.  And if anyone…

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