Jesus and Food – The Parable of the Friend at Midnight. (Please read Luke 11:5-8.) THE CONTEXT. The disciples have just finished asking Jesus about prayer, so that is the hot topic during this conversation. The Lord responded with a version of the Lord’s Prayer, and then He told this parable. After offering this homespun story, Jesus …
Jesus and Food – The Friend of Sinners. “Behold, a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and especially wicked sinners.” (Matthew 11:19). An Inside look at Levi Matthew’s Banquet for Jesus. Please read the story of Matthew’s party in Matthew 9:10-13, Mark 2:15-17, and Luke 5:29-32. Also refer to Luke 15:1-2 and 19:1-7. LADIES OF THE NIGHT: “That …
Jesus and Food – Matthew’s Hungry Outcasts. “Later, Levi (Matthew) invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.” (Mark 2:15). Please read the story about Jesus and the sinners in Matthew 9:9-13, Mark 2:13-17, and Luke 5:27-32. …
Jesus and Food – The Feeding of the 5,000. There is a young person here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many? And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples gave to all those sitting down, …
Jesus and Food – Doorway to a Meal. BEHOLD! There are some individual words and short phrases in Scripture that need to be highlighted as they are read, words or phrases that are significant or point to something meaningful. Some phrases might be: Fear not. Here I am. Woe to you. One another. And maybe some words are: Amen. Hallelujah. Blessed. Abba. …
Jesus and Food – The Parable of the Great Feast. (Please read Luke 14:15-24.) THE CONTEXT. a. Jesus is reclining at a supper hosted by a Pharisee. As usual, they are grumbling, putting Jesus under their microscope. They didn’t like it when he healed a man right there at supper, on the Sabbath! And they didn’t …
Jesus and Food – The Hidden Manna. “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 to eat.” (Rev. 2:17, NKJV). Living Bread. Soon after Jesus’ astounding feeding of the 5,000 and His walking on the turbulent Sea, He was surrounded …
Jesus and Food – Fulfilling the Passover Meal. CHRIST AND THE PASSOVER “Christ our Passover has been sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the Feast.” (1 Corinthians 5:7) Jesus Christ the Passover Lamb a. The sacrifice must be a lamb (Exodus 12:3); Jesus was the Lamb of God (1 Corinthians 5:7; John 1:29) b. The lamb must …
Jesus and Food – Introduction. Of the three life essentials needed to survive, food is my favorite. Well, after clothing. There’s no doubt that the Co-Creator of this tasty world has a thing about food, too. Jesus’ first miracle, after all, was at a wedding feast where he refused to be a party pooper. He was indeed …
The 7 Last Words of Christ on the Cross. Remember back in the mid-1960’s when certain philosophers and scholars authoritatively declared that God was dead? Now, if they were looking at Jesus on the Cross when they said that, they wouldn’t be far from the truth. God did die on the brutal tree of Roman …
The 7 Sprinkles of Blood on the Red Heifer. Seven (7): The Biblical number that represents perfection, completeness, fulfillment, finished, wholeness. “According to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.” (Hebrews 9:22). What is this ritual? At first glance, God’s peculiar instructions to Moses …
The 7 Signs in the Gospel of John. “Truly Jesus did many other signs and miracles in the presence of His disciples which are not written in this book; but these were written that you may fully believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that in the act of believing, you …