Jesus’s urgency to explain what “His Mission” was became more pressing. Also, Jesus needed more students (disciples) to partner with Him, and He needed a place large enough to accommodate the crowds. The synagogues and schools became unfriendly and they were too small. Jesus’ deeds and Jesus’ thoughts made Him an overnight sensation. The seashores … Continue reading Patners with the Holy Spirit: Part #61 →

The Apostle Paul gave the reader this introduction. Man is slow in growing up in his perception of the magnitude of God and God’s endless grace and power, that sustains all life by God’s indwelling Force and Spirit: I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #59 →

A broken heart can make a person better or worse. It is up to each one of us how we face our broken heart when we are deceived? Let us learn from Esau, how he dealt with deception. The little space the Genesis historian allotted to Esau makes us want to be like him more … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #58 →

In the prayer for his disciples, Jesus said this: “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:1). On earth, unfortunately, the rulers and the powerful become the will of God. In Jesus’ day, the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the Herodians, the Roman Caesar and his representatives acted in … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #57 →

Israel as a nation, at the time of Jesus, was in disarray. The days of David and Solomon were long gone and the prophets envisioned another David who would resurrect Israel’s glory. And when Jesus appeared with a message that God’s Kingdom was on hand, the prediction of Isaiah 40:3 and Malachi 3:1 came alive … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #56 →

The road to “Paradise” is bumpy, rough, and the environment is hostile to people, who are determined to take the narrow gate and the hard way; and on which few travelers are headed in the direction of eternal life (Matthew 7:13-17). There are no comfort stations or rest areas. Jesus had not even a rock … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #55 →

Jesus promised the thief, who believed in Jesus’ innocence, that he would join Jesus in paradise. One of the criminals who were hanged raled at him, saying, “Are you not he Christ? Save yourself and us!” But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #54 →

Jesus claimed that He came from the “Eternal World!” And Jesus gave, to those of us, who believe in Christ, a glimpse of what that world is like (John 8:42). Jesus told the Jews that He had a chat with Abraham, before He came into this world to help man find his way back to … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #53 →

The Risen Christ allotted a special appearance to Thomas in the upper room. Then Jesus had a family reunion at the Lake of Tiberias in Galilee, and a transfer of leadership from Himself to Peter, after they had dinner. The transfer of leadership required a threefold pledge of Peter to serve the Risen Christ until … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part: #52 →

The writer of the Gospel of Mark was the young man. And Mark was the witness who told the women to instruct the disciples to go to Galilee where they would meet the Risen Jesus (Mark 16:7). The writer was not able to complete John Mark’s testimony of the Risen Lord Jesus. The editors of … Continue reading Partners with the Holy Spirit: Part #51 →