Category: Jesus’ Life
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Jesus And The Woes
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Do you base your future happiness, on your present or forthcoming worldly riches? Sometimes people find themselves materially richer than others. However, they strive to remain spiritually rich by living a life of sharing and helping. Jesus said, “Woe to you who are rich, for…
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Jesus On The Rock Built House
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount St Maximillian Kolbe died in 1945 at Auschwitz concentration camp having offered his life in replacement for a man with a wife and family. Interestingly, it is said that when a younger and mischevious St Maximillian was reprimanded by his mother saying, “What will become…
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Jesus On The Narrow Door (St Luke)
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Jesus’ often taught using parables, metaphors and symbolism. It simplified his message and helped the listeners to understand. We can imagine that as Jesus travelled to different cities, towns and villages, he repeated his stories to many different groups of people; sometimes even changing the…
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Jesus On The Judgment Of Pretenders
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Pretending to do something, usually means our actions are false; we want an easy reward or quick material gain; our efforts don’t come from our heart. Jesus said to his disciples: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of…
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Jesus On False Prophets
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount We know that living God’s Word is not always easy; there are many distractions and temptations. Often, it is made even more difficult by the spurious claims of the leaders of some other faiths and ideologies. Jesus foresaw the problem and said, “Watch out for false…
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Jesus Tells Us To Enter By The Narrow Gate
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Being a Christian is not an automatic road to heaven. Jesus warned, “Enter through the narrow gate… the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it”. The Gospel and Jesus’ death on the Cross, is the narrow gate that he…
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Jesus tells us: The Golden Rule
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount It is said that there are only two ways to do something, right and wrong. Often we use other opposites in our daily conversations such as good and evil or heaven and hell. They all have parallel messages. One of Jesus’ simple rules of thumb…
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God’s Answering Of Prayer
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Jesus often spoke about the immense love of his Father. In his sermon on the Mount He said to his disciples: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone…
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Jesus On Profaning The Holy
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount During a recent visit to the confessional and having confessed my sins, the Priest said to me, “Now, don’t forget that God loves you, he loves you very much”. It’s sometimes difficult to grasp why God would still want to love me after I repeatedly…
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Jesus On Judging
Jesus’ Life: Chapter 5 – The Sermon On The Mount Is it easier to judge others than to analyse ourselves? People sometimes say that they gain a great deal of enjoyment from a so-called, “Good gossip”. But is that an honest thing to do? Beware, there may be a heavy price to pay later? Lifelong and…