Jesus Christ was relentless in His exposure of the corrupt religious leaders who failed to honestly apply Scripture. He pointed to Himself from Ps 110, warned of their impersonation, then applauded a true believer.
That First Commandment
The Lord is asked an apparently honest question about which Bible verse carries the most weight. The answer He gives challenges all of us to love the God Who loves us and died for us, with all our might.
Immense Fools
Again the religious leaders came in attempt to discredit and trap Jesus in His words. Again He silences them with reason from the Scripture so that the coalition against Him and the questions they hurled backfired.
Criminals in the Vineyard
After the Lord silenced challengers to His authority and put them on defense in the exchange, He intensified His attack and used the vineyard metaphor from Isa 5 to point out the criminal behavior of Israel’s leaders.
That Galilean from Nazareth!
As Jesus enters the temple grounds, while He walked and taught, the Jewish officials confront Him about His authority (they hated Him). He responded with a question, which they dared not answer, silencing them.
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- …
- 13
- Next Page »