by Frank Retief | Jun 21, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 13 v 34. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!” In spite of his challenge to Herod’s...
by Frank Retief | Jun 20, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 13 v 31. “At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” It seems strange for Luke to record in the previous verses (v 27) that Jesus himself, the Saviour of the world would bar...
by Frank Retief | Jun 19, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 13 v 30. “Indeed there are those who are last who will be first, and first who will be last.” In the life to come there will be many people who were the first to hear but will not have a share in the Heavenly Kingdom, while others who may not have had those first...
by Frank Retief | Jun 18, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 13 verses 28-30. “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out. People will come from east and west and north and south, and will take their...
by Frank Retief | Jun 17, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 13 v 27. “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’” The question raised in v 23 concerned the number of people who were going to be saved. The answer is, as many as enter through the narrow door. We...
by Frank Retief | Jun 16, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 13 v 23. “…. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us’. But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’” Sometimes people are so sure about themselves and their spiritual well-being. Have you not noticed how...
