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  Timothy Wayne George March 17, 2018 at 5:39am

  #He said, therefore a certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten pounds and said unto them Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him and sent a message to him saying we will not have this man to reign over us. And it came to pass that when he had returned having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him to whom he had given the money to know how much they had gained after the trading. Then came the first saying, Lord thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came saying Lord thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said to him likewise be thou over five cities. And another came saying Lord, behold here is thy pound which I have kept laid up here in a napkin. For I feared thee because thou art an austere man thou takest up that thou layedst not down and reapest that thou have not sowed. And he said out of thine own mouth will I judge thee thou wicked servant thou knowest that I was an austere man taking up that laid not down and reaping that I did not sow. Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? And he said unto them that stood by, take from him the pound and give it to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto him Lord he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto you, that unto every one which hath shall be given and from him that hath not even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those enemies of mine which would not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me. Luke 19:12-27

  • Jesus tells this parable of the ten pounds that was given to the servants so that they would know how to occupy until He would come back to settle accounts. To whom much is given much is required. For the servant who used the one pound to gain ten pounds, he was given the pound from the servant that kept his in a napkin. The principle is to use what you have for the glory of God on earth and He will reward you when He comes back to settle accounts. Jesus reprimanded the wicked servant for not using the one pound in the bank to earn interest. Usury is what was expected of the bankers of that day and that is what Jesus expected, so to whom what was given will be taken away because he did not use it wisely to the glory of God. Then to those enemies who did not want him to reign over them, they will be killed before the Lord. This is the judgment that will take place before the going into the kingdom of God.
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  Timothy Wayne George March 16, 2018 at 5:37am

  #And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And behold there was a man named Zacchaeus which was the chief among the publicans and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was and could not for the press because he was little in stature. And he ran before and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him and said unto him, Zacchaeus make haste and come down for today I must abide at thy house. And he made haste and came down and received Him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured saying, that He was gone to be a guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood and said Lord, behold, Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said unto him this day is salvation come to this house, for so much as he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Luke 19:1-10

  • Jesus marveled at Zacchaeus desire to see Him and climb the sycamore tree. So Jesus told him to come down for the Son on man must stay at your house. The Pharisees were all angry that Jesus would be a friend of such a sinner, for the publicans were the most hated sinners of their day. Yet Zacchaeus was a repentant sinner for he gave half of his goods to the poor and restored fourfold those he took money from by false accusation. Jesus then says the Son of man is come to seek and to save the lost. For Zacchaeus by his faith demonstrated that he was a true son of Abraham that all the Pharisees did. We can learn a lot from this example of giving for he did not tithe, but gave more than half of what he possessed. This tells us that the Lord is not requiring the tithe of us, but our heart as Zacchaeus gave all of his heart to Jesus and though he was rich, he was rich toward God which is what Jesus wants us to be. For the Lord loves a cheerful giver and he that sows bountifully shall reap bountifully. May the Lord bless you to give like Zacchaeus and watch how much the Lord will bless you.
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  Timothy Wayne George March 14, 2018 at 8:16pm

  #Then took unto Him the twelve and said unto them, behold we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For He shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked and spitefully entreated, and spat on: and they shall scourge Him and put Him to death and the third day He shall rise again. Luke 18:31-33

  • Jesus tells the disciples that all things that the prophets have said concerning Him will be fulfilled. but the disciples did not understand those sayings until He had risen from the dead. We are about to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and we too must beware of the world trying to get us caught up in the easter bunny and egg hunting, which has nothing to do with the passion of our Lord. We too must bear our cross, endure suffering as a Christian, and follow Jesus so that we too will inherit eternal life with the Father. I pray that you will make a plan to tell someone what it means to be a Christian, which is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. We will bear the fruits of the spirit: love, joy, peace, self-control, patience meekness, which is not weakness but strength under control of the Holy Spirit. May the Lord bless you to do just that my brothers and sisters in the Lord.
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  Timothy Wayne George March 14, 2018 at 7:49pm

  #And a certain ruler asked Him saying Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is God. Thou knowest the commandments, do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor thy father and thy mother. And he said, all these have I kept from my youth up. Now when Jesus heard these things, He said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast and distribute unto the poor and thou shall have treasure in heaven and come, follow me. And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. And when Jesus saw that he was sorrowful, He said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Luke 18:18-25

  • Jesus admired the rich young ruler and challenged him that if he would enter into the eternal life he must sell what he has give to the poor and follow him. The rich young ruler walked away sorrowful because he was very rich. Then Jesus said how hard will those who have riches enter into the kingdom of God, for it is easier for a camel to go through the needle's eye than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. This meant the rich man would have to unload his riches to enter into eternal life. It is not a sin to be rich, but if you love those riches it is a sin. Possess the riches without them possessing you is what is needed. Too many falls in love with the riches and not the Savior who gives us the power to earn wealth. The sin of covetousness is what this young rich ruler suffered from and pray Lord let me not be guilty of this sin in my life. Give to the poor, take up your cross, deny yourself and follow Jesus. Then you will enter into life eternal.
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  Timothy Wayne George March 13, 2018 at 8:01pm

  #And they brought unto Him also infants, that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it they rebuked them. But Jesus called them unto Him and said suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. Luke 18;15-17

  • Jesus rebukes the disciples for not allowing the people to bring their infants to Him, for He said to suffer the little children to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of God. We must emulate the faith of little children, for it is their unstoppable faith in God that allows them to enter the kingdom of God. For without faith it is impossible to please God. Therefore, we must allow children even as infants to come to Jesus just as they are in their innocence. For we can learn a lot from children how we must approach a holy God. Our hearts must be cleaned at an early age. 
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  Timothy Wayne George March 13, 2018 at 3:08am

  #And He spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint. Luke 18:1

  • Jesus spoke this parable as a widow needed justice and did not stop praying until she received the justice that she was seeking. This is a lesson for us to not faint in praying but should continue to pray to God until we get an answer from heaven. God answers prayer yes, no and not now. So just because we do not get what we ask when we ask it does not mean no, it could mean to wait for the perfect timing of our Heavenly Father.
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  Timothy Wayne George March 12, 2018 at 12:51am

  #And when He was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said the kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or there! for behold, the kingdom of God is within you. And he said unto the disciples the days will come when ye shall desire to see of the days of the Son of man and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to you see here: or, see there go not after them or follow them. For as the lightning that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in His day. But first, must He suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Luke 17:20-25 

  • Jesus explains when the kingdom of God will come to the Pharisees and then to the disciples for the kingdom of God will come without observation. For as the lightning shines out of one part of heaven to the next so will the kingdom of God come. But first, the Son of man must be rejected of this generation and suffer many things. The cross will come first before the kingdom of God, for Jesus is the Lamb of God who will take away the sins of the world on the cross. That is why He said I must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Then as it were in the days of Noah, so shall it be of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage until the day that Noah entered the ark and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they built and they planted. But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the day that the Son of man is revealed? So be ye also ready for in the day that ye think not the Son of man will come on the clouds with great power and great glory.
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  Timothy Wayne George March 10, 2018 at 9:01pm

  #And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord said if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, be thou planted in the sea and it should obey you. Luke 17:5,6

  • Jesus has just taught the disciples to the importance of forgiving their brother. If your brother trespass against thee, rebuke him and if he repents, then forgive him. The disciples then replied shall I forgive my brother seven times? Jesus then tells them seventy times seven. It takes a lot of faith to forgive like that and that is why the disciples needed to increase their faith. As the scripture teaches, faith comes by hearing the Word of God. So the more of the Word of God that we hear, we will increase our faith. Therefore if we just had the faith of a mustard seed, we could say to the sycamine tree be planted in the sea and it would obey. May we forgive as Jesus has taught us how to forgive four hundred and ninety times, for true love always forgives. How many marriages could be saved if the spouses would just exercise true love and forgive the other spouse? For love keeps no record of wrongs but always forgives and never fails. Love believes all things, bears all things so brothers and sisters let us love one another as Jesus loves us. For we love Him because He first loved us by going to the Cross to bear our sin debt. Jesus said Father forgive them for they know not what they do. That is true when we sin, we are not knowing how serious that sin is, for Jesus died so that we could be forgiven. Whom the Lord loves He chastens so if you sin, expect a spanking from the Lord. For the Lord is not spanking the devil's children. Thank God that He chastens us so that we will not be condemned with the world. So despise not the chastening of the Lord.

   
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  Timothy Wayne George March 9, 2018 at 10:59pm

  #Then said He unto the disciples, it is impossible but that offenses will come but woe unto him, through whom they come! It was better for him that a millstone was hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea than that he should offend one of these little ones. Luke 17:1,2

  • Jesus is warning the disciples about offending little children, for it was better than a millstone was placed on his neck and he cast into the ocean than to offend a child.  This is a very stern judgment to think about for our God loves little children, for such is the kingdom of God. We must do all we can to protect them from the filth on the Internet. The filters sometimes do not work and they are exposed to pornography. Shame on those who promote this filth and expose little children to it. Hellfire cannot be hot enough for those who will be judged for doing this that is why Jesus told the illustration about the millstone. Bless the little children of the world do not harm them. 
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  Timothy Wayne George March 8, 2018 at 9:00pm

  #Whosoever putteth away his wife and marries another committeth adultery. And whosoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery. Luke 16:18

  • Yes, marriage is difficult and today it is no different than it was in Jesus day when He told this story. In the Garden of Eden is where it all started when the woman sinned the curse was her desire would be to her husband, but he would rule over her. A woman does not want to be ruled over and this is much of the conflict in marriage. She wants a lot of passion in the marriage and the husband cannot fulfill her desire so she goes outside of the marriage. Men commit adultery as much as women, but women hide it better than men do. How do we overcome this strong desire that comes in marriage to be with another mate? Well, we have to be well grounded in the Word of God and allow the Holy Spirit to control us. We must not grieve the Holy Spirit whereby we are sealed unto the day of redemption. Separation is better than divorce, for it gives the husband and wife space to work out their problems in the marriage. Children can be a blessing to the marriage for it takes time away from the concerns about the marriage to what is important to raising the children. Plus children want to see their parents get along in the marriage which is a good thing and this can help to strengthen the bond in the marriage. Jesus told this story before He told the story about the rich man who died and went to hell and the poor man Lazarus who died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's Bosom which is heaven. This is the place we will go if we accept Jesus as our Personal Lord and Savior who will forgive us of all our sins. We have to repent of our sins before we die, as the rich man did not repent and he died, thus he was doomed to hellfire and damnation. He wanted father Abraham to go to his brothers to warn them lest they too would go to such a place. Marriage is the struggle that causes many to go to hell, for they cannot get over the temptations and stray into adultery. That is why Jesus told this story to warn us less we too would make the same mistake that so many others have made in their marriage. Hosea was married to Gomer who was a harlot and God told him to marry her so that he would know what the nation Israel was doing to Jehovah God by playing the harlot too. Gomer was put out of the house for her many adulteries and after all of her lovers forsook her Hosea took her back in as a wife and she became a devoted wife. So forgiveness is the key to marriage to overcoming divorce as God hates divorce and loves it when the couple can forgive one another to keep the marriage strong. This is the struggle that we have to keep our marriage bed holy. For God will judge all adulterers and if they do not repent they too shall end up in hellfire like the rich man in this story. If you are in this problem in your marriage today just pray to God to give you the strength to overcome the temptations in your marriage and be faithful to your spouse as Gomer learned how to do. It is possible to forgive after adultery has taken place in the marriage, but there must be true repentance. As Jesus told the woman caught in adultery to go and sin no more. She obeyed and will be saved from hellfire. The road to hell is paved with good intentions as people do not intend to go there they just don't want to turn to the strait and narrow path to go to life after death in heaven. There will be many who will say Lord Lord we have done many things in thy name and He will say depart from me ye that work lawlessness, I never knew you. What a tragedy for the Lord to say depart from me I never knew you. I pray that you will not hear those words and that you will get off the broad road that leads to destruction. Jesus is standing at the door and knocking for you to open the door of your heart to let Him in. Do it today and you can have eternal life with the Father in heaven.