A Pearl of Great Price
- There were two classes of people who heard our Lord said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
- Those who did not wait for the explanation and interpreted it to mean the literal structure or edifice, and concluded it was impossible for our Lord to do.
- These were the people who mocked Him as He was nailed on the cross.
- Those who waited for the explanation, actually a demonstration, when our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross and on the third day He rose again from the dead.
- To which class do we belong?
Nov 15, 2002
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- Nobody wants to be a foolish builder.
- But because of spiritual blindness like the Scribes and Pharisees, unwittingly, we may be foolish builders in the eyes of God.
- Who, then, are the wise builders from the point of view of God? Men?
- What really is the significance of Sabbath that God gave it as an “eternal sign” for His chosen people?
- God imposes death penalty for its violation, like the man caught gathering sticks on the Sabbath. How is the penal provision executed?
- What did Jesus mean in saying, “I am the Lord of the Sabbath?”
- How could the concept of ORIGINAL SIN:
Psa. 51:5 "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me."
Rom. 5:12 "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin."
- Be reconciled with the following:
Ezek: 18:20 "The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father ...and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him."
Deu 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- If Paul spoke of the 3rd heaven, there must be 1st and 2nd heaven.
- Where are these three heavens located?
- What are the "mansions" promised by Christ for the real believers?
- What difference is there between “neighbour” and “fellowmen?”
- Why were the PRIEST and LEVITE not able to follow the commandment, "Love thy neighbour," when they were the epitome of righteousness and godliness?
- What did the inquiring Scribe (lawyer) miss in his scrutiny of the commandments?
- God is a Spirit, immortal and heavenly. Man is physical being, mortal, and earthly.
- God spoke and is represented by His words.
- Who can explain God’s words? How?
- This is a saga of how God opened my eyes to "see" Him.
- How God touched my "ears" to comprehend what He saying.
- And how God shouted at me and rose from the "dead" in my tomb.
- How could our Lord forbid judging in Matthew 7:1, "Judge not, that ye be not judged."
- And at the same time allowing it in John 7:24, "Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
- Will many people be saved?
- Where do people go? To the many? Or, to the few?
- How can Christ's statement, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill," be reconciled with His preaching of love instead of revenge as it refers to this Old Testament Law "eye for an eye?"
- What is "eye for an eye," "tooth for a tooth," "hand for hand," "foot for foot," "wound for wound," and "life for life?"
- Like a lost sheep, I was drifting and restless anxiously looking for the Shepherd.
- Unknown to me, the Shepherd was calling my name.
- We met each other, and this is my joy relating what happened.
- Who would think that Mary Magdalene typifies the ideal believer?
- Have you read, that from her acts and the privilege accorded to her by our Lord, Magdalene occupies the premier position among the apostles and disciples?
- How could our Lord's statement, "love your enemies," be reconciled with an Old Testament law, "eye for eye, tooth for tooth?"
- Jesus said, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets."
- Who are our enemies?
- What is the truth in "turning the other cheek after the right is smitten?"
- How did Jesus show the example of "turning the other cheek?" Did Paul follow the Way?
- Can we believe the Truth and follow the Way?
- How easy to say, “Jesus is the Way and the Truth” -- as it is written.
- And equally easy to say, “I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and savior of my life.”
- But how true is the assertion? Let God be the sole Judge through His words.