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Leaving everything, [Levi] rose and followed him. Luke 5:28 This was an irreversible decision. Peter, Andrew, James, and John had a trade to return to, but the Romans would not have welcomed back a man who left his tax...

[Jesus] said to him, “Follow me.” Luke 5:27 Notice that this command of Jesus is completely open-ended. “Follow me.” What will this mean for Levi? Jesus gives no specifics. When students are looking around universities...

[Jesus] said to him, “Follow me.” Luke 5:27 Why would Jesus choose a man like Matthew the tax collector to be a disciple? Wasn’t it obvious that a man like this, known for his collaboration and corruption, would be a...

“I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” Luke 5:32 Luke records the story of Levi, who became one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. His is a remarkable story. We are told that Jesus “went out...

Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Matthew...

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34 Jesus never endorsed or promoted violence. The gospel can never advance by violence or conquest...

They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore. Isaiah 2:4 Jesus said, “Do not think that I have...

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Matthew 10:34 Jesus, the master teacher, again anticipates a misunderstanding. “Do not think that I have come to...

God... condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:3-4 This is good news. The reason...

God has done what the law... could not do. By sending his own Son... he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but...

“Unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:20 This is an astonishing statement. The scribes and the Pharisees devoted their entire lives...

“I have not come to abolish [the Law or the Prophets] but to fulfil them.” Matthew 5:17 Jesus came into the world to fulfil the law and the prophets, and He did so in His life and in His death. 1. In His Life Isaiah...

“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets.” Matthew 5:17 A good teacher always anticipates misunderstanding, and here, Jesus corrects a false assumption about why He came into the world. Perhaps...

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us. John 1:14 At Christmas, we celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ into the world. God came down from heaven and entered our world. Why did Jesus come? The entire New Testament...

A leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Mark 1:40 This man knows that Christ has the ability to make him clean, but does He want to? So the man comes to Jesus...

In every one of Jesus’ promises, He tells us something about our relationship with Him. Yoke yourself to Christ: Come to me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you (Mat...

Let’s review the rock-solid commitments that Jesus Christ has made to us: 1. He will give you rest “Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Mat. 11:28). This is the promise of...

“I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may... see my glory.” John 17:24 Will you see Jesus’ glory with your eyes, or will you simply understand it more fully in your mind? One of the great Puritan writers...

“Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory.” John 17:24 John 17 records the prayer of Jesus, immediately before His suffering. This prayer is divided into three...

“I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am.” John 17:24 The Son of God is saying to the Father, “I want these believers, those You have given Me, to be with Me in heaven.” Jesus wants...

“If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself” John 14:3 Jesus explained the purpose of His death and resurrection when He said, “I am going to prepare a place for you.” That’s why...

We who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 1 Thessalonians 4:17 Jesus will take all His people to the Father’s...

I go to prepare a place for you.” John 14:2 We are not to imagine Jesus working around the clock to get heaven organised before the second coming. If He can create the cosmos out of nothing with a word, then He can get...

“In the world you will have tribulation.” John 16:33 Where do people get the idea that if you follow Jesus you can expect a life that is free from failure, disappointment, and loss? This is precisely the opposite of...

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?” John 14:1-2 When Jesus says...