NOTES FOR MVF CHERYL=and BOBBY BOY=
2-27-2026=RPW
Luke 13 and 14=and ACTS 13 and 14
LUKE 13
=CALL TO REPENTANCE=
We are ALL=Guilty of sin=We must all REPENT OR PERISH
People killed or TRAGEDIES=are NOT PROOF OF WORSE SINS
-Parable of THE BARREN FIG TREE=
Our God is a PATIENT GOD=but JUDGMENT will come=IF
There is NO FRUIT
HEALING ON THE SABBATH=
Jesus SHOWS=COMPASSION is more important than RULE KEEPING
(Jesus heals a CRIPPLED WOMAN on the SABBATH)
PARABLES OF GOD and Jesus
-SMALL START=With LARGE GROWTH
-YEAST is a POWERFUL=BUT QUIET INFLUENCE
LAMENT over people of
Jerusalem
=Jesus MOURNS that his people REJECT HIM
Luke 14=
-HEALING ON THE SABBATH AGAIN=
DOING GOOD for others=IS MORE IMPORTANT=Than following RULES
=Jesus TEACHES ON HUMILITY
-You should TAKE the LOWEST PLACE=Not the place of honor
=PARABLE OF THE GREAT BANQUET
-THE GUESTS refuse to come=So Jesus welcomes the OUTSIDERS
=THE COST OF DISCIPLESHIP
-You MUST be TOTALLY COMMITTED TO Jesus and be
PREPARED TO SACRIFICE
=The SALT METAPHOR
-FOLLOWERS must remain EFFECTIVE and FAITHFUL
Ie. SALT GIVES FOOD
ITS FLAVOR=as Jesus does US!
ACTS 13=
THE CHURCH COMMISSIONS Paul and Barnabas as MISSIONARIES
-On Elymas=They confront a FALSE PROPHET=and a ROMAN OFFICIAL
Sergius Paulus BELIEVES!
-Paul’s SERMON in Antioch (Pisidia)
=The REVIEWS of Israel’s HISTORY
-He PROCLAIMS Jesus as SAVIOR=and as the FULFILLMENT OF
PROPHECY
-THE EMPHASIS is ON FORGIVENESS=and the JUSTIFICATION
through Jesus=
(NOT THE LAW OF MOSES)!
There is a MIXED RESPONSE!
-MANY of the GENTILES BELIEVE!
-Some of the JEWS=REJECT PERSECUTION=and STIR UP
PERSECUTION!
THE SHIFT BEGINS toward the GENTILES=as CHRIST’S PEOPLE
ACTS 14=
PREACHING IN ICONIUM
-Many BELIEVE=but the OPOSITION DOES GROW!
LYSTRA=
Paul heals a CRIPPLED MAN
-The PEOPLE think that Paul and Barnabas are gods=
LIKE (Hermes and Zeus)
-They REJECT the worship=and POINT TO the
ONE TRUE GOD
PERSECUTION ESCALATES
=-Paul is STONED=and left for dead=but he SURVIVES
STRENGTHENING CHURCHES=
They VISIT the cities=TO ENCOURAGE THE BELIEVERS!=and
-They APPOINT ELDERS=In every Church
RETURN TO ANTIOCH!
=They REPORT=that GOD OPENED THE DOOR OF FAITH to the
GENTILES
KEY THEMES=ACROSS THESE CHAPTERS=
Luke 13=REPENTANCE and READINESS
Luke 14=HUMILITY and SELFLESS LOVE
THE COMMITMENT to FULLY FOLLOW GOD
ACTS 13 and 14=
THE GOSPEL=EXPANDS to the GENTILES
OPPOSITION=But we MUST PERSEVERE IN FAITH!
GOD’S KINGDOM GROWS=from very small BEGINNINGS
RPW for MVF CHERYL
and Bobby Boy=2-27-2026=8:15 PM
PRAY AND GIVE IT TO GOD!=
(We SERVE a WISE GOD)!
Do you KNOW=that we SERVE a WISE GOD?=That God’s
foolishness=is GREATER
Than man’s WISDOM!=That whatever is GOING ON=In this world=Our
Holy Father
God and HIS DIVINE SON Alone=have the ANSWERS=”……..Let us
together=EXTOL
His name”
Psalm 34:4
“But everyone=Who hears these words of mine=and does NOT=Put
them into practice=
Is like a FOOLISH man=Who built his house on sand”
Matthew 7:26
“For the FOOLISHNESS of God=Is Wiser than=human WISDOM=and
the weakness of God=
Is Stronger than human strength”
1 Corinthians 1:25
There is so much DISCORD=so much CONTROVERSY=among human
beings=We just
Don’t seem able=to get it RIGHT=No matter how hard that we
try=I SUGGEST we pray about this=
About everything=and GIVE IT TO GOD!=and WAIT for his
ANSWERS!
ONE such area=That we HUMANS seem to disagree so much=IS IN
the area of politics=WE all
Have our own
opinions=and I am NO DIFFERENT=I suggest that BEFORE WE=start BREAKING
AWAY from family members and friends=WE PRAY=then even PRAY
a little more and=GIVE IT
TO GOD!=God has ALL the answers=He is=He KNOWS=right from
wrong=WE SERVE=A WISER GOD=Than us
“What other nation=is so great=As to have their gods near
them=The Way of the Lord is =Near us=
Whenever we PRAY to Him?”
Deuteronomy 4:7
“My servant Job=WILL PRAY FOR YOU=and I will ACCEPT his
prayer=and not deal with you=
According to your folly=You have NOT spoken the truth about
me=as MY SERVANT Job has” Job 42:8
“But to you=Who are listening I say’=’Love your enemies=Do
GOOD to those who hate you=
Bless those who curse you=PRAY for those who mistreat you’”
Luke 6:28
The most PRIME EXAMPLE=of how we HUMANS have gotten it
wrong=Is when we PUT our God=
Our Jesus to death=2,000 years ago=It took the RESURRECTION
of Jesus Christ=The Son of
THE HOLY FATHER GOD=and the COUNTLESS deaths=of apostles=of
disciples=and Saints=
To begin to TURN THE TIDE=In this world
And even with that=It took 400 years Later=UNTIL the COUNCIL of Nicaea=For us
humans
TO PROCLAIM Jesus=as the LIVING GOD=the ONE TRUE God of
love==So whatever is=
TROUBLING YOU=Whatever is giving you an=UNSETTLED HEART=PRAY
ABOUT IT!=and Give it
To GOD=WE SERVE A WISE GOD!=A just God=A LOVING GOD=a God
with ALL of the right
Answers=THE WISDOM OF GOD!=versus the Foolishness of man=ONLY
THE Holy Father God and=
HIS SON=Get it right 100% of the TIME=PRAY ABOUT IT!=and
GIVE IT=to the LORD!
“In the same way=The SPIRIT helps us=In our weakness=We do
NOT KNOW=what we ought to pray
For=But the SPIRIT himself=Intercedes for us=Through
wordless groans”
Romans 8:26
“Therefore confess your sins=To each other=and PRAY FOR each
other=so that you MAY
Be healed=THE PRAYER
of a RIGHTEOUS person=is powerful and effective” James 5:16
So=SAY A PRAYER for someone=You don’t agree with=EXTOL our
LORD’S NAME=over them=
And pray for them=2,000 years ago=WE CAME TOGETHER=and we
CAN=do it again=
PRAY AND GIVE IT TO GOD!=WE SERVE=A WISE WISE GOD!
In Jesus’ name=and IN the name=of our FOREVER LIVING=forever
loving=FOREVER WISE=
Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
2-26-2026
Ps INSPIRED by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Jennifer Christ
PRAY AND GIVE IT TO GOD!=
(We SERVE a WISE GOD)!
Do you KNOW=that we SERVE a WISE GOD?=That God’s
foolishness=is GREATER
Than man’s WISDOM!=That whatever is GOING ON=In this world=Our
Holy Father
God and HIS DIVINE SON Alone=have the ANSWERS=”……..Let us
together=EXTOL
His name”
Psalm 34:4
“But everyone=Who hears these words of mine=and does NOT=Put
them into practice=
Is like a FOOLISH man=Who built his house on sand”
Matthew 7:26
“For the FOOLISHNESS of God=Is Wiser than=human WISDOM=and
the weakness of God=
Is Stronger than human strength”
1 Corinthians 1:25
There is so much DISCORD=so much CONTROVERSY=among human
beings=We just
Don’t seem able=to get it RIGHT=No matter how hard that we
try=I SUGGEST we pray about this=
About everything=and GIVE IT TO GOD!=and WAIT for his
ANSWERS!
ONE such area=That we HUMANS seem to disagree so much=IS IN
the area of politics=WE all
Have our own
opinions=and I am NO DIFFERENT=I suggest that BEFORE WE=start BREAKING
AWAY from family members and friends=WE PRAY=then even PRAY
a little more and=GIVE IT
TO GOD!=God has ALL the answers=He is=He KNOWS=right from
wrong=WE SERVE=A WISER GOD=Than us
“What other nation=is so great=As to have their gods near
them=The Way of the Lord is =Near us=
Whenever we PRAY to Him?”
Deuteronomy 4:7
“My servant Job=WILL PRAY FOR YOU=and I will ACCEPT his
prayer=and not deal with you=
According to your folly=You have NOT spoken the truth about
me=as MY SERVANT Job has” Job 42:8
“But to you=Who are listening I say’=’Love your enemies=Do
GOOD to those who hate you=
Bless those who curse you=PRAY for those who mistreat you’”
Luke 6:28
The most PRIME EXAMPLE=of how we HUMANS have gotten it
wrong=Is when we PUT our God=
Our Jesus to death=2,000 years ago=It took the RESURRECTION
of Jesus Christ=The Son of
THE HOLY FATHER GOD=and the COUNTLESS deaths=of apostles=of
disciples=and Saints=
To begin to TURN THE TIDE=In this world
And even with that=It took 400 years Later=UNTIL the COUNCIL of Nicaea=For us
humans
TO PROCLAIM Jesus=as the LIVING GOD=the ONE TRUE God of
love==So whatever is=
TROUBLING YOU=Whatever is giving you an=UNSETTLED HEART=PRAY
ABOUT IT!=and Give it
To GOD=WE SERVE A WISE GOD!=A just God=A LOVING GOD=a God
with ALL of the right
Answers=THE WISDOM OF GOD!=versus the Foolishness of man=ONLY
THE Holy Father God and=
HIS SON=Get it right 100% of the TIME=PRAY ABOUT IT!=and
GIVE IT=to the LORD!
“In the same way=The SPIRIT helps us=In our weakness=We do
NOT KNOW=what we ought to pray
For=But the SPIRIT himself=Intercedes for us=Through
wordless groans”
Romans 8:26
“Therefore confess your sins=To each other=and PRAY FOR each
other=so that you MAY
Be healed=THE PRAYER
of a RIGHTEOUS person=is powerful and effective” James 5:16
So=SAY A PRAYER for someone=You don’t agree with=EXTOL our
LORD’S NAME=over them=
And pray for them=2,000 years ago=WE CAME TOGETHER=and we
CAN=do it again=
PRAY AND GIVE IT TO GOD!=WE SERVE=A WISE WISE GOD!
In Jesus’ name=and IN the name=of our FOREVER LIVING=forever
loving=FOREVER WISE=
Holy Father God!
Robert P. Wallman
2-26-2026
Ps INSPIRED by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Jennifer Christ
