Monday, September 27, 2010

September Twenty Seven

~Good Morning~
So glad I am in the new testement. I am enjoying Jesus. Still very odd. I will enjoy digging deeper with a study on this. I do not quite understand how communication was back then.

  • Why did Jesus change his name?
42 Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”[g]).

  • Why did Jesus say this and then help her. It seems to me rude???
4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”






Mark 1:12-13

12 The Spirit then compelled Jesus to go into the wilderness, 13 where he was tempted by Satan for forty days. He was out among the wild animals, and angels took care of him.


Matthew 4

The Temptation of Jesus

1 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the devil. 2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.

3 During that time the devil[a] came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”



4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,



‘People do not live by bread alone,

but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[b]”



5 Then the devil took him to the holy city, Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, 6 and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! For the Scriptures say,



‘He will order his angels to protect you.

And they will hold you up with their hands

so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’[c]”



7 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’[d]”



8 Next the devil took him to the peak of a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. 9 “I will give it all to you,” he said, “if you will kneel down and worship me.”



10 “Get out of here, Satan,” Jesus told him. “For the Scriptures say,



‘You must worship the Lord your God

and serve only him.’[e]”



11 Then the devil went away, and angels came and took care of Jesus.



Luke 4:1-15



Luke 4

The Temptation of Jesus

1 Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River. He was led by the Spirit in the wilderness,[a] 2 where he was tempted by the devil for forty days. Jesus ate nothing all that time and became very hungry.

3 Then the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become a loaf of bread.”



4 But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone.’[b]”



5 Then the devil took him up and revealed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 “I will give you the glory of these kingdoms and authority over them,” the devil said, “because they are mine to give to anyone I please. 7 I will give it all to you if you will worship me.”



8 Jesus replied, “The Scriptures say,



‘You must worship the Lord your God

and serve only him.’[c]”



9 Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, to the highest point of the Temple, and said, “If you are the Son of God, jump off! 10 For the Scriptures say,



‘He will order his angels to protect and guard you.

11 And they will hold you up with their hands

so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.’[d]”



12 Jesus responded, “The Scriptures also say, ‘You must not test the Lord your God.’[e]”



13 When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he left him until the next opportunity came.



Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. 15 He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.



John 1:19-2:25


The Testimony of John the Baptist

19 This was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Temple assistants[a] from Jerusalem to ask John, “Who are you?” 20 He came right out and said, “I am not the Messiah.”

21 “Well then, who are you?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?”



“No,” he replied.



“Are you the Prophet we are expecting?”[b]



“No.”



22 “Then who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you have to say about yourself?”



23 John replied in the words of the prophet Isaiah:



“I am a voice shouting in the wilderness,

‘Clear the way for the Lord’s coming!’”[c]



24 Then the Pharisees who had been sent 25 asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”



26 John told them, “I baptize with[d] water, but right here in the crowd is someone you do not recognize. 27 Though his ministry follows mine, I’m not even worthy to be his slave and untie the straps of his sandal.”



28 This encounter took place in Bethany, an area east of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.



Jesus, the Lamb of God

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 He is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘A man is coming after me who is far greater than I am, for he existed long before me.’ 31 I did not recognize him as the Messiah, but I have been baptizing with water so that he might be revealed to Israel.”

32 Then John testified, “I saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and resting upon him. 33 I didn’t know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God.[e]”



The First Disciples

35 The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. 36 As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” 37 When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus.

38 Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them.



They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”



39 “Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with him to the place where he was staying, and they remained with him the rest of the day.



40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of these men who heard what John said and then followed Jesus. 41 Andrew went to find his brother, Simon, and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”[f]).



42 Then Andrew brought Simon to meet Jesus. Looking intently at Simon, Jesus said, “Your name is Simon, son of John—but you will be called Cephas” (which means “Peter”[g]).



43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.” 44 Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.



45 Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses[h] and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”



46 “Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”



“Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.



47 As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a man of complete integrity.”



48 “How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked.



Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.”



49 Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!”



50 Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.” 51 Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.[i]”



John 2

The Wedding at Cana

1 The next day[j] there was a wedding celebration in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration. 3 The wine supply ran out during the festivities, so Jesus’ mother told him, “They have no more wine.”

4 “Dear woman, that’s not our problem,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”



5 But his mother told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”



6 Standing nearby were six stone water jars, used for Jewish ceremonial washing. Each could hold twenty to thirty gallons.[k] 7 Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” When the jars had been filled, 8 he said, “Now dip some out, and take it to the master of ceremonies.” So the servants followed his instructions.



9 When the master of ceremonies tasted the water that was now wine, not knowing where it had come from (though, of course, the servants knew), he called the bridegroom over. 10 “A host always serves the best wine first,” he said. “Then, when everyone has had a lot to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine. But you have kept the best until now!”



11 This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory. And his disciples believed in him.



12 After the wedding he went to Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples.



Jesus Clears the Temple

13 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 In the Temple area he saw merchants selling cattle, sheep, and doves for sacrifices; he also saw dealers at tables exchanging foreign money. 15 Jesus made a whip from some ropes and chased them all out of the Temple. He drove out the sheep and cattle, scattered the money changers’ coins over the floor, and turned over their tables. 16 Then, going over to the people who sold doves, he told them, “Get these things out of here. Stop turning my Father’s house into a marketplace!”

17 Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: “Passion for God’s house will consume me.”[l]



18 But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”



19 “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”



20 “What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” 21 But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.



Jesus and Nicodemus

23 Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. 24 But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew human nature. 25 No one needed to tell him what mankind is really like.







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