by Frank Retief | Apr 20, 2014 | Thought for the day
John 19 v 4. “Once more Pilate came out and said to the Jews, ‘Look, I am bringing him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against him.” How amazing that here, once again, the innocence of Jesus is portrayed. But as we know although he was...
by Frank Retief | Apr 19, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 23 v 9. “He plied him with many questions but Jesus gave him no answer.” Herod is a strange and pathetic figure as he appears in the account of the trial and crucifixion of Jesus. His personal ambition and immorality, as well as who he was and how he fitted into...
by Frank Retief | Apr 18, 2014 | Thought for the day
Matthew 27 vs 3 & 4. “When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders. ‘I have sinned,’ he said, ‘for I have betrayed innocent blood”. It is a very...
by Frank Retief | Apr 17, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 vs 9 & 10. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” These are familiar words and have often been...
by Frank Retief | Apr 16, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 8. “I tell you, though he will not get up and give him the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man’s persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.” We are still on the topic of prayer and now Luke reminds us of the teaching of...
by Frank Retief | Apr 15, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 11 v 4. “And lead us not into temptation.” Sounds strange, doesn’t it, to think of God as “leading us into temptation”. Does God do that? No! This is not what Jesus means. In praying for our sins to be forgiven we take a look at the past, what we have done! But...
