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Too Tough to Swallow. 60 Many among his disciples heard this and said, “This is tough teaching, too tough to swallow.” 61-65 Jesus sensed that his disciples were having a hard time with this and said, “Does this rattle you completely? What would happen if you saw the Son of Man ascending to where he came from?
FULL SECURITY FOR THE CHOSEN FEW BUT NO EASY BELIEVISM FOR TRUE DISCIPLES. I. (:60-65) HARD TRUTH CAN ONLY BE RECEIVED BY THE CHOSEN FEW. A. (:60) Some Truth is Hard to Swallow. “Many therefore of His disciples, when they heard this said, ‘This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?’”.
Aug 13, 2016 · His words were hard to swallow. I feel the same way sometimes. Maybe you do too. Some of what Jesus says is difficult for me to hear. Jesus said: “Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”
In the Bible, the swallow is often used as a symbol of migration, freedom, and deliverance. It is mentioned in several verses, including Psalm 84:3 which says, “Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young—a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my God.”.
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- Sell What You Have
- Let Him Who Has No Sword Buy One
How could Jesus be so insensitive as to provoke a grief-stricken seeker to forego a proper burial for his parents? Some scholars have discovered a Jewish custom for having two ceremonies. It may be that Jesus was referring to this second, redundant ceremony. Others still suggest that the wording of the young man’s request means that the father was ...
The western church has seemingly lost its right to speak to issues concerning sexuality since it has looked the other way when professing Christians divorce without biblical warrant. Could it be that Jesus, even against the Jewish culture of his day (which permitted a certificate of divorce for the most trivial of reasons), actually leaves room for...
If loving your neighbor must extend to include your enemies, how could it be that it is now restricted to exclude your family? Clearly this is an instance where Jesus is employing rhetorical hyperbole to drive home a point. This is obvious since in the Matthean account the author softens the effect by recording it as, “Anyone who loves his father o...
Our culture is paradoxically obsessed with perfection, as is evidenced by the rise of near cult-like gym and fitness followings, while also eschewing perfection and condemning it as an expression of self-righteousness and hypocrisy. So what could Jesus mean, if in other places Scripture asserts that humans fall short of perfection (Romans 3:10; Phi...
This saying doubly offends because it seemingly advocates fear, which modern Christians reject as the basis for a relationship with God (see 1 John 4:18), and because it threatens the judgment of hell, which some consider to contradict the loving character of God. First it must be said that the word for fear has multiple senses. In the Greek langua...
This challenge strikes at the heart of western Christians who live in a free market economy. Could Jesus really mean that we’re supposed to sell all that we have? Is this not also modeled in the early church in Acts 2 and 4? This is likely a localized, or conditional requirement for Jesus for that particular young man. It was common for ancient tea...
Didn’t Jesus in another place command us to turn the other cheek (Matt. 5:39)? It would be difficult to reconcile this advice about buying a sword with his admonitions at other times where he advised against using violence. It is likely that Jesus here is speaking ironically, suggesting that the arrest and charge they’re about to be indicted with w...
10 Bible Verses about Swallowing. Most Relevant Verses. Exodus 7:12. Verse Concepts. For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. Lamentations 2:5. Verse Concepts. The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces,
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Jan 4, 2022 · When Jesus said we must “eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood” (John 6:53), He spoke, as He often did, in parabolic terms. We must receive Him by faith (John 1:12). “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled” (Matthew 5:6).
