by David Keesling | Sep 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
Luke 19:4 “So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Him … ” Observation: Zacchaeus was in a Jericho crowd as Jesus approached. Being too short to see Him, Zacchaeus climbed a tree for a clear view of the Master. Application: The point of the story is not...
by David Keesling | Sep 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
Matthew 20:6b “He asked them, “Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?” Observation: Jesus’ question comes early in the parable of workers in the vineyard. The landowner had hired workmen early in the day for a fair wage. Then, apparently needing...
by David Keesling | Sep 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Luke 18:1 “Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” Observation: Jesus had in the previous chapter stirred an expectation that the end of the age would come suddenly: In Noah’s day the routines of life were...
by David Keesling | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Genesis 3:24 “After He drove the man out … ” Observation: Adam had sinned. The uncreated God had created the most idyllic place on the planet to express the fullness of His love for this created being. God’s great passion had been for relationship with Adam, yet by...
by David Keesling | Sep 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
Job 42:10a “After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again … ” Observation: Job had finally come to the end of himself. Admitting that he had spoken “of things [he] did not understand, things too wonderful for [him] to know,” (v. 3) he...
by David Keesling | Sep 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Luke 22:61 “The Lord turned and looked straight at Peter.” Observation: Jesus had been arrested by a combination of Roman soldiers and Jewish Sanhedrin. From the place of arrest He was taken to Caiaphas’ home, the ruling high priest, where the Jewish phase of His...
