THOSE ASTONISHING WORDS!

THOSE ASTONISHING WORDS!


Jesus always SPOKE the
Most amazing words=those in his MINISTRY
Were “ASTONISHED”=usually in ADMIRATION
Of him


But those in his hometown
RESENTED him=those who KNEW
Him best=BUT those of us who
Are CHRISTIANS=run into resentment too=
From time to time


“When the SABBATH came=
He began to teach
In the synagogue


And MANY who heard him
Were ASTONISHED” Mark 6:2


When Jesus says, “LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR,”
Or “Judge not,”=how amazing=how ASTONISHED
We all become


But when he says “TURN the other cheek,” or
“Eat my body-drink my blood”=how many of us
Shake our head=and fail to get it


Yet truly they STILL are
ASTONISHING WORDS=whether we
GET them or not


“When Jesus
Had FINISHED saying these things


The crowds
Were AMAZED at his teaching
Because he taught


As ONE who had authority
And NOT as their teachers
Of the law” Matthew 7:28


“The disciples were
AMAZED at his words
…........” Mark 10:24


The DISCIPLES were even
MORE AMAZED and said to each other=
'WHO then=can be SAVED?'” Mark 10:26


Those amazing=those ASTONISHING WORDS
Of Jesus


“Utterly AMAZED-they asked-
'Aren't all these who
Are speaking Galileans?=then
How is it that each of us
HEARS them in our native language
….....?'” Acts 2:7


The HOLY SPIRIT
Comes at Pentecost=
It is the Holy SPIRIT=shining light=
On the ASTONISHING WORDS of Jesus


Those ASTONISHING WORDS!


Jesus tells us to TAKE UP
Our cross DAILY=and NOT to expect
ANY better treatment
Than he himself got


Yes=those ASTONISHING WORDS=of Jesus=
These words that will LAST
FOREVER and ever
UNTIL the end of time


“Heaven and earth
Will pass away


BUT my words will
NEVER pass away” Matthew 24:35


“Simon Peter answered him=
'Lord-to whom shall we go?=
You have the words
Of ETERNAL LIFE


We have come to BELIEVE
And to know
That you are
The HOLY ONE of God'” John 6:68


Yes=SRCIPTURE verses=the
Words of Jesus=are ASTONISHING
In all sorts of ways


And they are CHALLENGING=challenging us
To LIVE the CHRISTIAN life=
And love like Jesus


Yes=now we have to LISTEN again=
Each day of our lives=
And become ASTONISHED by his words
OVER and over again=until
The end of time


THOSE ASTONISHING WORDS of Jesus


In Jesus' name and in his WORDS UNTIL the END of time=
And in the AMAZING LOVE of our HEAVENLY FATHER


Robert P. Wallman
1-30-18





Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mark Neilsen