WE WILL SEE JESUS! As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” Matthew 24:3 The disciples asked Jesus two questions. 1- When will this happen? 2- What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? 1-When will this happen? We know that this happened in 70AD by Titus the Roman Commander when he destroyed Jerusalem. 2- What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age? There is…

THE INVITATION Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. —Matthew 23:37 The Lord God Almighty desires people, whether Jew or Gentile, to be gathered to Himself today. He had sent messengers again and again to Israel, but the majority of them would not listen. Not only did they not want to listen to them, but many times they killed those who brought the heavenly message to them. Not much has changed today. The Lord God Almighty is “not wanting anyone…

DON’T BE A HYPOCRITE In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. —Matthew 23:28 Who are you? Not what you are on the outside— the things you do and say, but who…are…you? How do you think? What do you think about? What are you wrestling with? How do you think about yourself? About others? About God? Who you really are is on the inside, the place that only you know about, the place that God sees and knows better than you know yourself. The verse above in context is when Jesus challenged the scribes…

FAITH WORKS Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” —Matthew 21:21-22 What has the Lord God Almighty put on your heart to do? Then do it and trust Him for the results. That which the Lord desires you to do He will establish the circumstances and give you the ability to do it. So move forward and trust Him to…

BE A SERVANT-LEADER Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. —Mathew 20:25-28 You do not have to look too far to see “high officials” in our nation or any nation exercising authority over people. So many times what they tell the…

SHINE! Now if you obey me fully and keep my covenant, then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession. Although the whole earth is mine, you will be for me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.” —Exodus 19:5-6 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. —I Peter 2:9 To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to…

KEEP YOUR EYES FIXED ON JESUS! When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle. —Exodus 13:17-18 The Lord did wonderful things in leading the people out of Egypt. They had just seen ten miraculous judgments take place on the Nation of Egypt. But the people were not ready to face particular experiences yet or they might…

FORGIVE! Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?” Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. “At this the servant fell on his…

HARDENED OR MOLDABLE But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere, the magicians said to Pharaoh, “This is the finger of God.” But Pharaoh’s heart was hard and he would not listen, just as the Lord had said. —Exodus 8:18-19 The magicians understood their limitations. There were things they could not do and only God could and they acknowledged that “This is the finger of God.” But when they told Pharaoh this, he hardened his heart “and would not listen” to them. As long as the magicians worked their “magic” to please Pharaoh according…

LEGALIZED MURDER The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, “When you are helping the Hebrew women during childbirth on the delivery stool, if you see that the baby is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.” The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?” The midwives answered Pharaoh, “Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are…