by Frank Retief | Feb 7, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 5 v 31. “Jesus answered them: ‘It is not the healthy who need the doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’” At the beginning of the chapter Peter is called by Jesus from his fishing boat. Now Levi is called from his...
by Frank Retief | Feb 6, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 5 v 20. “When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven”. Once again I urge you to read the whole passage referred to above. The “experts” in this story are mentioned in v 17. They were the Pharisees and teachers of the law. These men were...
by Frank Retief | Feb 5, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 5 v 13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him. The experts here are the priests alluded to in v 14, to whom the healed leper had to report. Once again it would be helpful to read...
by Frank Retief | Feb 4, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 1 v 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’s knees and said “Go away from me, Lord, I am a sinful man!” It is of course, important to read the whole story from Chapter 5 v 1 – 11, and to realize that Peter is responding to Jesus because of a miraculous...
by Frank Retief | Feb 3, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 4 v 43. “I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent” The last few verses of this chapter (chapter 4 v 38 – 44) are full of action on Jesus’s part. There were healings, exorcisms and preaching. Don’t...
by Frank Retief | Feb 2, 2014 | Thought for the day
Luke 4 v 36. All the people were amazed and said to each other, “What is this teaching? With authority and power he gives orders to evil spirits and they come out!” At this point in Luke’s story about Jesus, he introduces an event that happened in Capernaum, not too...
