What Jesus did #24: he celebrated gratitude and generosity
So here we are at the end of another month and at the end of this series entitled ‘What Jesus did’. Of course, we’ve only skimmed the surface of what Jesus actually did, just...
Monthly Archive: February 2018
What Jesus did #23: he saw the best in everyone
Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector. Straightaway, that made him hugely unpopular. He took money from the Jewish people to financially support the Roman occupation of their land. And he was rich. Rich because...
What Jesus did #22: he mixed with those at the margins
What kind of people do you invite into your home? Before we look at today’s passage, I’d like us to consider this question. Actually, in today’s world, I’m guessing the answer for many is...
What Jesus did #21: he threw out the rule book
In my last post, we saw how Jesus broke the rules. I stated that Jesus broke God’s rules and I’ve been challenged about that since I wrote it. According to the spiritual leaders at...
What Jesus did #20: he broke the rules
Jesus broke the rules. In fact, Jesus broke God’s rules. According to the spiritual leaders of the day, Jesus regularly broke one of the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses for His people...
What Jesus did #19: he went into rage mode
And now for something completely different. For the last week, we’ve been looking at the accounts of Jesus healing people from all kinds of illness – physical, spiritual and mental. Now we’re turning our...
What Jesus did #18: he dealt with demons
This is a huge subject and one I would have liked to have glossed over as it feels like a real minefield and I feel somewhat out of my depth discussing it. However, Jesus...
What Jesus did #17: he made the blind to see and the deaf to hear
Today, as part of this week of looking at the healings Jesus performed, we focus on those times that he made the blind to see and the deaf to hear. In Matthew 9, the...
What Jesus did #16: he led people from death to life
I can’t imagine anything worse as a parent than believing that your child is about to die. That never changes. I remember my grandma saying to me after my mum died that it is...
What Jesus did #15: he heals on the inside as well as the outside
Some people believe that ‘bringing people to Jesus’ is all about the spiritual. The soul is the only part of a person worth caring about because that is the only part of us that...
