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JESUS,
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Matthew 4:18 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of
Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter,
and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the
sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to
them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of
men." 20 They immediately left their nets and
followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw
two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee,
and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee
their father, mending their nets. He called them,
22 and immediately they left the boat and their
father, and followed Him.
A zealot is defined as:
1. one burning with zeal
2. to defend and uphold a thing, vehemently
contending for a thing
Matthew 9:9 As Jesus passed on from there, He
saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax
office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he
arose and followed Him.
Matthew 9:10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at
the table in the house, that behold, many tax
collectors and sinners came and sat down with
Him and His disciples. 11 And when the
Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, "Why
does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and
sinners?" 12 When Jesus heard that, He said to
them, "Those who are well have no need of a
physician, but those who are sick. 13 "But go and
learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not
sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous,
but sinners, to repentance."
Acts 9:1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and
murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to
the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to
the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found
any who were of the Way, whether men or
women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:3 As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and
suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then
he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him,
"Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" 5 And he said,
"Who are You, Lord?" Then the Lord said, "I am Jesus,
whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick
against the goads." 6 So he, trembling and astonished,
said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?" Then the Lord
said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be
told what you must do." 7 And the men who journeyed
with him stood speechless, hearing a voice but seeing no
one. 8 Then Saul arose from the ground, and when his
eyes were opened he saw no one. But they led him by the
hand and brought him into Damascus. 9 And he was three
days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
Acts 9:10 Now there was a certain disciple at
Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord
said in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I
am, Lord." 11 So the Lord said to him, "Arise and
go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the
house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus, for
behold, he is praying. 12 "And in a vision he has
seen a man named Ananias coming in and putting
his hand on him, so that he might receive his
sight." 13 Then Ananias answered, "Lord, I have
heard from many about this man, how much
harm he has done to Your saints in Jerusalem. 14
"And here he has authority from the chief priests
to bind all who call on Your name."
Acts 9:15 But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a
chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before
Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel. 16
"For I will show him how many things he must
suffer for My name's sake." 17 And Ananias went
his way and entered the house; and laying his
hands on him he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord
Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you
came, has sent me that you may receive your
sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." 18
Immediately there fell from his eyes something
like scales, and he received his sight at once; and
he arose and was baptized.
19 ¶ So when he had received food, he was
strengthened. Then Saul spent some days with
the disciples at Damascus. 20 Immediately he
preached the Christ in the synagogues, that He is
the Son of God. 21 Then all who heard were
amazed, and said, "Is this not he who destroyed
those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and
has come here for that purpose, so that he might
bring them bound to the chief priests?" 22 But
Saul increased all the more in strength, and
confounded the Jews who dwelt in Damascus,
proving that this Jesus is the Christ.
John 11:47 Then the chief priests and the
Pharisees gathered a council and said, "What
shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48
"If we let Him alone like this, everyone will
believe in Him, and the Romans will come and
take away both our place and nation."
John 11:53 Then, from that day on, they plotted
to put Him to death.
Luke 23:12 That very day Pilate and Herod
became friends with each other, for previously
they had been at enmity with each other.
Matthew 15:21 Then Jesus went out from there and
departed to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold,
a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out
to Him, saying, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is severely demon-possessed." 23 But He
answered her not a word. And His disciples came and
urged Him, saying, "Send her away, for she cries out after
us." 24 But He answered and said, "I was not sent except
to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." 25 Then she
came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" 26 But
He answered and said, "It is not good to take the
children's bread and throw it to the little dogs." 27 And
she said, "Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the
crumbs which fall from their masters' table." 28 Then
Jesus answered and said to her, "O woman, great is your
faith! Let it be to you as you desire." And her daughter
was healed from that very hour.
Acts 10:9 The next day, as they went on their journey and
drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to
pray, about the sixth hour. 10 Then he became very
hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he
fell into a trance 11 and saw heaven opened and an
object like a great sheet bound at the four corners,
descending to him and let down to the earth. 12 In it
were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild
beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air. 13 And a
voice came to him, "Rise, Peter; kill and eat." 14 But
Peter said, "Not so, Lord! For I have never eaten anything
common or unclean." 15 And a voice spoke to him again
the second time, "What God has cleansed you must not
call common." 16 This was done three times. And the
object was taken up into heaven again.
Acts 10:28 Then he said to them, "You know how
unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company
with or go to one of another nation. But God has
shown me that I should not call any man common
or unclean. 29 "Therefore I came without
objection as soon as I was sent for. I ask, then,
for what reason have you sent for me?" 30 ¶ So
Cornelius said, "Four days ago I was fasting until
this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my
house, and behold, a man stood before me in
bright clothing, 31 "and said, 'Cornelius, your
prayer has been heard, and your alms are
remembered in the sight of God.
32 'Send therefore to Joppa and call Simon here,
whose surname is Peter. He is lodging in the
house of Simon, a tanner, by the sea. When he
comes, he will speak to you.' 33 "So I sent to you
immediately, and you have done well to come.
Now therefore, we are all present before God, to
hear all the things commanded you by God." 34 ¶
Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I
perceive that God shows no partiality. 35 "But in
every nation whoever fears Him and works
righteousness is accepted by Him.
Acts 10:47 "Can anyone forbid water, that these
should not be baptized who have received the
Holy Spirit just as we have?" 48 And he
commanded them to be baptized in the name of
the Lord. Then they asked him to stay a few days.
Ephesians 2:11 Therefore remember that you,
once Gentiles in the flesh -- who are called
Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision
made in the flesh by hands -- 12 that at that time
you were without Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the
covenants of promise, having no hope and
without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ
Jesus you who once were far off have been
brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He
Himself is our peace, who has made both one,
and has broken down the middle wall of
separation,
15 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that
is, the law of commandments contained in
ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new
man from the two, thus making peace, 16 and
that He might reconcile them both to God in one
body through the cross, thereby putting to death
the enmity. 17 And He came and preached peace
to you who were afar off and to those who were
near. 18 For through Him we both have access by
one Spirit to the Father.
Galatians 3:26 For you are all sons of God
through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of
you as were baptized into Christ have put on
Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there
is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor
female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And
if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed,
and heirs according to the promise.
Romans 5:6 For when we were still without
strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die;
yet perhaps for a good man someone would even
dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now
been justified by His blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were
enemies we were reconciled to God through the
death of His Son, much more, having been
reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And
not only that, but we also rejoice in God through
our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have
now received the reconciliation.
JESUS,
THE GREAT UNITER AND DIVIDER
PART 2
Luke 12:51 "Do you suppose that I came to give
peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather
division. 52 "For from now on five in one house
will be divided: three against two, and two
against three. 53 "Father will be divided against
son and son against father, mother against
daughter and daughter against mother, motherin-law against her daughter-in-law and daughterin-law against her mother-in-law."
Christ is the Prince of Peace; but in a sinful world,
a righteous king can have and give peace only by
destroying error and evil; to do this will bring
wary; not because Christ and his people have the
spirit of strife and war, but because the truth they
urge is resisted, and made the occasion for strife,
division, and contention by others. The conflict
that may be waged among the different
advocates of error will often unite them in their
opposition to the truth. The truth taught by Jesus
is opposed to error; there can be no compromise
between truth and error. When one member of
the household accepts the truth and other reject
it, there is opposition and antagonism (Boles
264).
Matthew 7:14
"Because narrow is
the gate and
difficult is the way
which leads to life,
and there are few
who find it.
Matthew 10:34 " Do not think that I came to
bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring
peace but a sword. 35 "For I have come to 'set a
man against his father, a daughter against her
mother, and a daughter-in-law against her
mother-in-law'; 36 "and 'a man's enemies will be
those of his own household.' 37 "He who loves
father or mother more than Me is not worthy of
Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than
Me is not worthy of Me. 38 "And he who does not
take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of
Me. 39 "He who finds his life will lose it, and he
who loses his life for My sake will find it.
John 15:18 " If the world hates you, you know
that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 "If you
were of the world, the world would love its own.
Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose
you out of the world, therefore the world hates
you. 20 "Remember the word that I said to you,
'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they
persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If
they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
1 Peter 4:3 For we have spent enough of our past
lifetime in doing the will of the Gentiles -- when
we walked in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness,
revelries, drinking parties, and abominable
idolatries. 4 In regard to these, they think it
strange that you do not run with them in the
same flood of dissipation, speaking evil of you.
Acts 9:23 Now after many
days were past, the Jews
plotted to kill him. 24 But
their plot became known to
Saul. And they watched the
gates day and night, to kill
him. 25 Then the disciples
took him by night and let him
down through the wall in a
large basket.
Acts 14:1 Now it happened in Iconium that they went
together to the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke that
a great multitude both of the Jews and of the Greeks
believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the
Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren. 3
Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly
in the Lord, who was bearing witness to the word of His
grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their
hands. 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: part
sided with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 5 And
when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles
and Jews, with their rulers, to abuse and stone them, 6
they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe,
cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.
Philippians 3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil
workers, beware of the mutilation! 3 For we are
the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit,
rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in
the flesh, 4 though I also might have confidence
in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have
confidence in the flesh, I more so: 5 circumcised
the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe
of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews;
concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning
zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the
righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, these I have
counted loss for Christ. 8 Yet indeed I also count
all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered
the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish,
that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in Him, not
having my own righteousness, which is from the
law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the
righteousness which is from God by faith; 10 that
I may know Him and the power of His
resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings,
being conformed to His death,
11 if, by any means, I may attain to the
resurrection from the dead. 12 ¶ Not that I have
already attained, or am already perfected; but I
press on, that I may lay hold of that for which
Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13
Brethren, I do not count myself to have
apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind and reaching forward to
those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward
the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in
Christ Jesus.
John 12:42 Nevertheless even among the rulers
many believed in Him, but because of the
Pharisees they did not confess Him, lest they
should be put out of the synagogue; 43 for they
loved the praise of men more than the praise of
God.
Hebrews 6:4 For it is impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted the
heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the
Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of
God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they
fall away, to renew them again to repentance,
since they crucify again for themselves the Son of
God, and put Him to an open shame.
2 Peter 2:20 For if, after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the knowledge of
the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again
entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is
worse for them than the beginning. 21 For it
would have been better for them not to have
known the way of righteousness, than having
known it, to turn from the holy commandment
delivered to them. 22 But it has happened to
them according to the true proverb: "A dog
returns to his own vomit," and, "a sow, having
washed, to her wallowing in the mire."
Luke 10:38 Now it happened as they went that
He entered a certain village; and a certain woman
named Martha welcomed Him into her house. 39
And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at
Jesus' feet and heard His word. 40 But Martha
was distracted with much serving, and she
approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care
that my sister has left me to serve alone?
Therefore tell her to help me." 41 And Jesus
answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you
are worried and troubled about many things. 42
"But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen
that good part, which will not be taken away from
her."
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect will
of God.
Titus 2:11 For the grace of God that brings
salvation has appeared to all men, 12 teaching us
that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we
should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the
present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and
glorious appearing of our great God and Savior
Jesus Christ, 14 who gave Himself for us, that He
might redeem us from every lawless deed and
purify for Himself His own special people, zealous
for good works.
1 Peter 1:17 And if you call on the Father, who
without partiality judges according to each one's
work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of
your stay here in fear; 18 knowing that you were
not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver
or gold, from your aimless conduct received by
tradition from your fathers, 19 but with the
precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the
LORD with all your heart, And
lean not on your own
understanding; 6 In all your
ways acknowledge Him, And
He shall direct your paths. 7
Do not be wise in your own
eyes; Fear the LORD and
depart from evil. 8 It will be
health to your flesh, And
strength to your bones.