Our scripture this week is Luke 21:5-19. You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death. Everyone will hate you because of me.Luke 21:16-17 Jesus has strong words about what will come for His followers. These are hard to hear, but necessary. …
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Our scripture for the week is Luke 21:5-19. “But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. And so you will bear testimony to me. …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 21:5-19 He replied: “Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them. When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 21:5-19. Some of his disciples were remarking about how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and with gifts dedicated to God. But Jesus said, “As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one of them will …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 20:27-38. During His discussion with the Sadducees in this passage, Jesus teaches us several valuable lessons. He shows us how to respond in love when we encounter those with contrary beliefs. He shares that eternal life will not be like earthly life and that no human comparisons can explain …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 20:27-38. Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 20:27-38. But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 20:27-38. Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, and they can no longer die; …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 20:27-38. Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. The second and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. Finally, the woman died too. Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, …
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Our scripture this week is Luke 20:27-38. Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his …
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