by David Keesling | Jan 2, 2018 | 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 | Jan 1, 2018 | 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 | Dec 31, 2017 | 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 | Dec 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Matthew 20:6(b) “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 | Dec 29, 2017 | 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 | Dec 28, 2017 | 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 fulness of His love for this created being. God’s great passion had been for relationship with Adam, yet by his...
