by Frank Retief | Aug 7, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 18 v 17. “I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the Kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” The Pharisees of Jesus’ time were looking for the Kingdom of God to arrive with great pomp and splendour. They were awaiting a Kingdom of...
by Frank Retief | Aug 6, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 18 v 14. “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” So we saw that the Pharisee took his stand before God, on his own merits. He...
by Frank Retief | Aug 5, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 18 verses 11 & 12. “The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men – robbers, evildoers, adulterers – or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get”. At this point in our...
by Frank Retief | Aug 4, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 18 v 8 “I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” The idea of Christians praying to God for vengeance upon their enemies does not sit well with some people. However there is...
by Frank Retief | Aug 3, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 18 verses 6 and 7. And the Lord said “Listen to what the judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?” Jesus told us that when the Son of man returns, it will be a time of...
by Frank Retief | Aug 2, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 17 v 33. “Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.” We all know how easily we can be taken up with material things, to the exclusion of the spiritual and the eternal. Here we have the amazing scenario of Christ...
