Hello All, I will be picking up the review of Jesus Character until about mid-December. For October I will look at the failings and outright sin of Peter, and how that reveals Jesus’ good character and thereby reveals God’s Character.
On June 26th 2012, I wrote about the 1st of 3 times that the disciples really sin through selfish ambition as they fight about “which one of them is the greatest.” (See the Blog article at http://godisjustlikejesus.blogspot.com/#!/2012/06/patience-of-jesus-who-is-greatest-1.html ) The first recorded time is Mark 9:33 after the Mount of Transfiguration. The last time is at the Last Supper Luke 22:24. […]
Fascination with Jesus drives passionate prayer. *Note: Please pardon my language. Use these notes to get the idea of praying Jesus’ Character. Don’t feel you need to use my language. The important thing is that you develop praying His character in your own language or words. The Power of Jesus: Jesus silences the furious storm on the Sea […]
At least three different times (that are recorded) the followers of Jesus argued about which of them was the “greatest.” (Mark 9:33, Mark 10:35 and Luke 22:24). At first glance we can pass over this because Jesus deals with it so gracefully. But we need to first stop and take a moment to examine this.