by David Keesling | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Matthew 26:14 “Then one of the twelve…the one called Judas Iscariot…went to the chief priests and asked “What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you?” Observation: It was two days before Passover, and the chief priests and elders assembled in Caiaphas’...
by David Keesling | Jun 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Matthew 24:2 “I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Observation: Four verses earlier Jesus had mourned over Jerusalem’s coming destruction, saying He had longed to protect her “as a hen gathers her chicks...
by David Keesling | Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
John 12:19 “…See, this is getting us nowhere.” Observation: Jesus had entered Jerusalem to the adulation of great crowds made all the larger by those clambering to see Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. In growing alarm the watching Pharisees said, “See,...
by David Keesling | Jun 25, 2020 | 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 | Jun 24, 2020 | 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 | Jun 23, 2020 | 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...
