Why did the religious leaders of the day refuse to be baptised by John or to submit to Jesus? Why did the taxcollectors and sinners come to Jesus so gladly? Why was Simon the pharisee so discourteous to Jesus? And why did a prostitute burst into tears in his presence? Luke gives us the answers.
Read more...To belong to the kingdom of God is the most awesome privilege we can imagine. Yet the Pharisees wanted no part in it. Why not? What reason did they give? And what was their real reason?
Read more...John the Baptist was truly great – the greatest of Old Testament believers. Yet Jesus declares that the weakest Christian of New Testament times is greater than John.
Read more...John the Baptist was neither fashionable nor glamorous. But he was a faithful servant of God, a prophet, a messenger, the forerunner of the Messiah, the preparer of the way. We need men and women like him.
Read more...John was expecting Messiah to bring judgement and wrath on the world. Where did he get that idea from? From the Scriptures. But there were other Scriptures that John had overlooked. Jesus the bringer of wrath is also Jesus the giver of mercy.
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