PSALM 118:22
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone I was just reading in Luke 20 the other day and Jesus actually quotes this verse to show how he is like the son in the parable that is killed. Jesus goes on to say that, “all who fall on this stone are broken to pieces and when […]
1 THESSALONIANS 1:6
And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit The theme of the Thessalonians receiving Jesus despite affliction and suffering really struck me in chapters 1-3. It comes up again in 2:13-14 and 3:2-4. I’m not sure what these […]
LUKE 19:11
As they heard these things, he proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and because they supposed that the kingdom of God was to appear immediately You’ll have to read the parable Jesus tells in vs. 12-27, but essentially it is about three servants and how they use their masters money. […]