Gideon seems more concerned with his reputation than the Lord’s. He was the biggest doubter of himself, but now it seems Gideon is intent on making a name for himself and doing things his way. Notice, the Lord is not mentioned anymore as the One guiding or directing Gideon.

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A gentile woman comes to Jesus in faith and with a great hope that Jesus would heal her daughter and release her from the demonic possession that had enslaved her.

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The Pharisees were paying lip service to God but it was meaningless because it wasn’t coming from a heart of genuine worship and honor. Our Christian life in Christ is about the heart. Keep being renewed in the Word every day and let it cleanse your heart and lead you in His holiness.

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God doesn’t need large numbers or superstar leaders or the latest methods to accomplish His purposes. May we do for the Lord and through the Lord so that He gets all the glory.

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Regardless of the trials that come, and how severe they may seem, we never need to be afraid because Jesus is our peace in the midst of it. Though the waves may beat against us, they are yet under His feet

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Jesus alone can satisfy that deepest longing we have in our souls. Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Christ.

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Are you willing to give the most precious thing you could for the cause of Christ—that being your life? Are you living and standing for the truth no matter the consequences? As believers living in a foreign place, we must not choose the easy way.

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We continue looking at the rest of the Kingdom Parables as we finish up Matthew 13. We’ll look at the last 4 of these Kingdom Parables today and we see with the first 3 that the kingdom will be made up of 3 groups of people: Israel, the Church, and Gentile nations.

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These are Kingdom Parables because they’re revealing insights into this interim period between Jesus’ first coming and second coming. Many believed that when the Messiah came, then the Kingdom would obviously accompany Him. But Jesus is teaching that things are going to look very different than what was expected.

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Chapter 13 sets out to show the mystery of the Kingdom of God through these parables. He’s revealing a mystery – something that was once concealed but is now revealed. And the mystery is that Jesus is going to be at work during this interim period, this postponement of the kingdom, and it’s going to look very different than what people may have previously imagined.

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