Jesus: “I’ve Been There”

Posted on 03/07/2014 by John Harris

When you are tempted, what helps?

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And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit… was led by the Spirit in the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil.

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What helps is knowing that we are all tempted and there’s a way out (1Cor 10:13). Jesus has been there too, he was tempted in every way we are, yet he didn’t sin (Heb 4:15). We don’t have to sin just because we are tempted, and we’re all tempted. We’ve all been there, even Jesus, and we will all be there again (except Jesus). He knows, he’s there for you… lean on him.

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How Old Was Jesus?

Posted on 03/06/2014 by John Harris

Yesterday we looked at when Jesus was born… about AD8. Not everyone agrees on that, but that’s what I think is correct (at least currently). This is not a “core issue” simply interesting…

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In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Luke 3:1-3

Luke does a beautiful job of adding all kinds of detail. This is one of the most convincing reasons as to why the Gospels are NOT myth, legend, or any kind of fiction.

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When was Jesus Born?

Posted on 03/05/2014 by John Harris

The Gospel of Luke records this…

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In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

Luke 2:1-2 ESV

or does it??? 

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What are the Gospels?

Posted on 03/04/2014 by John Harris

Are they history books? Are the legend? Are they the records of a philosophical school of thought?

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Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.

Luke 1:1-4

No. They are Gospels. 

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Joy in the morning

Posted on 03/03/2014 by John Harris

What is our hope?

Martin Resurrection Morning

Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.

Mark 16

Jesus told us he is God. Jesus told us he could save us, but these are just words. 

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