KNOWING YOUR BIBLE
March 12, 2023. Dear Friends, Our blog during this third week of Lent will continue on our study of Jesus Christ. our Lord and Savior. Lenton season has been defined as a Holy time, a time of fasting and penitence, humbling ourselves as we follow Jesus during the last weeks of his life through his crucifixion and resurrection. The season lasts 40 days, from Ash Wednesday which this year is on February 22, through Easter Day, on April 9, celebrating Jesus’ resurrection that occurred more than 2000 years ago. A special emphasis on Jesus’ life, his humanity and how he lived while here on earth, have been focused on in the previous first two weeks of Lent. Go to the website above left to review those blogs as we continue our series during Lent.
In each of the gospel books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, there are Bible verses written that state that Jesus went throughout the Galilee and in the Jericho and Jerusalem areas teaching and healing the many. These verses will be listed below. Jesus’ birth, life, death by crucifixion, and his resurrection, are written in the Gospel Books. If time allows, choose one of the Gospel Books that are located in the New Testament in the Bible, to read and contemplate on Jesus during Lenton Season. Reading 1-2 chapters daily about Jesus will bring one nearer and closer to him. That is the purpose of this blog, to help anyone who wants to learn and know about Jesus and learn the Bible. One should be able to reach these goals through following this weekly blog. The joy, peace and serenity one experiences in developing a relationship with Jesus is almost beyond describing the joyous feelings that comes from knowing and following Jesus.
In last week’s blog, the focus was on Jesus’ “direct teachings” to his followers. He used direct teachings, using direct wording when trying to relay certain ideas and messages to his followers. In this week’s discussion, the focus will be on the parables Jesus used to teach his followers. A parable has been defined in Webster’s New World Dictionary as “a short, simple story teaching a moral lesson. Usually, the reader of a parable has to think about what is being taught, before comprehending the meaning of the story. it is not unusual that two different readers of the same parable will interpret the story differently. It is also not unusual for a reader to not comprehend the parable the same way each time the parable is read. Because of space limitation, only a few Bible verses below will be listed that contain some of the parables that Jesus taught. All verses are from the New Revised Standard (NRS) Version of the Bible.
MAY GOD BLESS YUR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK!
Bible Verses: Verses on Healing and teaching: Matthew, chapter 4, verses 23-25; chapter 11, verses 1 and verses 12-15. Mark, chapter 6, verses 6-7; chapter 8, verses 22-25 Luke, chapter 5, verse 17. Verses on Jesus’ direct teachings are throughout the book of John. Parables: Matthew, chapter 13, verses 1-51. Mark, chapter 4, verses 1-34. Luke, chapter 8, verses 4-8; and verses 11-18; chapter 12, verses 13-21; Chapter 14, verses 15-21; and chapter 15, verses 11-32.