Having watched the first 3 episodes of Season 4 of The Chosen, I saw John meet his cruel end. The way he faced incarceration and death and the way he deferred to and worshipped Jesus, might qualify him for the next "Heroes of Faith" series. He was indeed a hero to me and there is so much we can learn from him.
The world didn't care much for Christians then, and that's another thing that doesn't seem to change through history.
Amen!
Thank you PA!
We love you and Jesus and His church. He is our standard of comparison, and nothing compares to His mercy and grace and glory.
God bless you all! 💗
Loving this series!
Life experience has taught me to compare less than I did when I was younger. Our culture drives us to compare, the house we live in, our job, the car we drive, the college our kids go to. It's hard not to get caught up in it. Live each day for Jesus, his love and forgiveness. The worldly comparisons will become less important.
Very good! The trap of comparison is all around us as everyone always puts their best food forward. The best experiences I encounter are those that are raw about their joys and hardships. It breaks off that "perfect" exterior and unveils the heart of others. It no longer becomes comparison, but encouragement. It reveals the strengths and weaknesses in others.
I have been watching "Finding your roots" on PBS, and it amazes me that people have no idea about their roots and who their ancestors are. When Doctor Gates asks the question, "have you ever heard about this ancestor" the answer people give is "I had no idea." I love delving into my roots and seeing who the people were that walked this earth before me. This is also true of the Jewish people. John knew that he was of the house of Levi. He could trace his roots back to the first priest, Aaron. His father was Zechariah, who was a Levite and a descendant of Aaron who worked in the temple and was chosen by lot to attend the incense brazier in the Most Holy Place. John should have followed his father into this vocation because it was passed from father to son, but he didn't. He knew who he was, and yet he also knew that he had a higher calling and that he would be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb. He also knew that he would be the one to herald the arrival of the Lord of all. I imagine that his mother told him stories of how he leapt in her womb when the mother of Jesus came to see her. John never veered from his calling. He didn't follow his father into service in the temple, but he declared the way of the Lord until the day of his death. What a powerful thing it is to follow the call of God and to never veer from that purpose that God has assigned, to herald the arrival of the Messiah, the King of Kings.
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Having watched the first 3 episodes of Season 4 of The Chosen, I saw John meet his cruel end. The way he faced incarceration and death and the way he deferred to and worshipped Jesus, might qualify him for the next "Heroes of Faith" series. He was indeed a hero to me and there is so much we can learn from him.
The world didn't care much for Christians then, and that's another thing that doesn't seem to change through history.
Amen!
Thank you PA!
We love you and Jesus and His church. He is our standard of comparison, and nothing compares to His mercy and grace and glory.
God bless you all! 💗
Loving this series!
Life experience has taught me to compare less than I did when I was younger. Our culture drives us to compare, the house we live in, our job, the car we drive, the college our kids go to. It's hard not to get caught up in it. Live each day for Jesus, his love and forgiveness. The worldly comparisons will become less important.
Very good! The trap of comparison is all around us as everyone always puts their best food forward. The best experiences I encounter are those that are raw about their joys and hardships. It breaks off that "perfect" exterior and unveils the heart of others. It no longer becomes comparison, but encouragement. It reveals the strengths and weaknesses in others.
I have been watching "Finding your roots" on PBS, and it amazes me that people have no idea about their roots and who their ancestors are. When Doctor Gates asks the question, "have you ever heard about this ancestor" the answer people give is "I had no idea." I love delving into my roots and seeing who the people were that walked this earth before me. This is also true of the Jewish people. John knew that he was of the house of Levi. He could trace his roots back to the first priest, Aaron. His father was Zechariah, who was a Levite and a descendant of Aaron who worked in the temple and was chosen by lot to attend the incense brazier in the Most Holy Place. John should have followed his father into this vocation because it was passed from father to son, but he didn't. He knew who he was, and yet he also knew that he had a higher calling and that he would be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb. He also knew that he would be the one to herald the arrival of the Lord of all. I imagine that his mother told him stories of how he leapt in her womb when the mother of Jesus came to see her. John never veered from his calling. He didn't follow his father into service in the temple, but he declared the way of the Lord until the day of his death. What a powerful thing it is to follow the call of God and to never veer from that purpose that God has assigned, to herald the arrival of the Messiah, the King of Kings.