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  Who are You Really?  (Today's message was gleaned from a teaching by Rev. Bethany Hicks) The disciples of Jesus were rowing hard against the storm, and were frightened when Jesus came to them walking on the water. A few hours prior they had witnessed a great miracle when a small lunch of bread and fish was multiplied to feed over 5000 persons, now they saw Jesus walking on the water toward them as they frantically rowed trying to keep their boat afloat. You will remember that Peter said, “If it is really you, tell me to come to you,” and Jesus said, “come.” Peter stepped out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus, but suddenly Peter realized this was impossible, and his faith failed and he began to sink. He cried out to Jesus for help, and Jesus reached out and lifted him up and together they walked on the water to arrive at the boat safely.   Jesus spoke to the storm to be still and all was quiet, and immediately the boat with all of them in it was transpor

  Who is Jesus? Chapter 39 Jesus Speaks About Two Weddings Matthew 22 and also in chapter 25; Jesus told two parables about a wedding. His stories always had a deeper meaning. See if you can understand and realize the answer to the question even before the question is asked. Crowds gathered to hear Jesus, and as always there were the chief priests and scribes who listened with anger because they knew he was referring to them in many of his parables.   And although they were wanting to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because the people counted Jesus to be a prophet. The first story Jesus told was "The Parable of the Wedding Feast." There was much interest about the kingdom of heaven so Jesus was again speaking to the people in parables, saying,     “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,   and sent his servants to remind those who were invited to the wedding feast, that today is the time to come, but they paid no atten

  Who is Jesus? Chapter 38 Use your faith and change your Mind Now when Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on the young colt, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"    And the crowds declared, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee." But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant, and they said to Jesus, "Do you hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus replied,  "Yes; have you never read,   "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?"   Soon afterwards, Jesus and his disciples left the temple, going to the city of Bethany to spend the night there. Early the next morning, as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry.  And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found on it nothing but leaves. And he said to th

  Who is Jesus? Chapter 37 - Wee Little Zacchaeus and Jesus' Triumphal Entry Today's True happening about Jesus is shared in all four of the Gospels. Jesus was on a mission to arrive in Jerusalem, but as he was passing through the city of Jericho there was a small man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, and he was very rich.   The man was trying to see Jesus, but on account of the crowd and him being so short, he could not see Jesus.  So, he ran on ahead and climbed up into a Sycamore tree in order to see him, because he knew Jesus was about to pass that way.  And when Jesus came to the place, he stopped and looked up in the tree and called his name; “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.”  So, he quickly came down and Jesus received him joyfully.  And when the crowd saw it, they all grumbled, “Jesus should not do this; doesn't he know he is going to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.”  And Zacchaeus stood in front of Jesus a

  Communion; Do not mix the cup of the Lord with the cup of devils 1 Corinthians 10:14-22   Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.  I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say.  The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the  communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?  For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread. Observe Israel after the flesh: Are not those who eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?  What am I saying then? That an idol is anything, or what is offered to idols is anything?    Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to have fellowship with demons.   You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the Lord’s table and of the table of demons. Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? ~ ~ ~ I am reminded of the scripture that t