Have you heard the old expression "Your such a doubting thomas?" Ever wonder where it came from? Mmmm...could be that this is where it originated from. One of Christ's own disciples who doubted.
Thomas' missionary work took him to Persia, China and India. He died in about 72 AD in Chennai, India but he is best known for not believing Christ had returned after the ascension and had to place his own hands upon Christs wound sites to know it was Him. "Doubting Thomas"
click on these links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Apostle
http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN500APOSTLES%20FATE.htm
http://www.biblepath.com/thomas.html
Saturday, February 28, 2009
The Calling of a Tax Collector
Matthew...who was also called Levi, was the son of Alphaeus and brother to James the Lesser.
He was a tax collector when Jesus called him to come be His disciple. Matthew got up and left to go with Jesus that day.
Matthew is known to have been a missionary in Persia, Ethiopia and Egypt. He was martyred in Egypt or Parthia and is the writer of the book of Matthew in the bible. He was a very well educated man of his time.
click on these links:
http://www.biblepath.com/matthew1.html
http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN500APOSTLES%20FATE.htm
He was a tax collector when Jesus called him to come be His disciple. Matthew got up and left to go with Jesus that day.
Matthew is known to have been a missionary in Persia, Ethiopia and Egypt. He was martyred in Egypt or Parthia and is the writer of the book of Matthew in the bible. He was a very well educated man of his time.
click on these links:
http://www.biblepath.com/matthew1.html
http://www.ccel.org/bible/phillips/CN500APOSTLES%20FATE.htm
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The First Four Called to Discipleship
Matthew 4:18-22 - As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come follow me, " Jesus said, "and I will make you fishers of men." At once they left their nets and followed him. Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James, son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
To boldly get up and just walk away to follow Jesus! I'm not sure I could just walk away from family and friends, people I've known all my life, but deep down I've always wondered about how my life would be if I did just that. Where would GOD take me? Who would I meet? What would I do?
Simon (called Peter by Jesus) was the first chosen. A fisherman who was a Galilean. A loved disciple who denied Christ 3 times before the cock crowed. He is considered to be the first Pope by the Roman Catholics. Links of historical info. on Simon Peter can be clicked on below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter
http://www.biblepath.com/peter.html
Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, in business with him in the family fishing business. It is said Andrew was the first to follow Jesus and introduce his brother, Simon Peter, to Jesus. Andrew preached to the Scythian's, in Instanbul Turkey, and also in Greece where he eventually died as a martyr, hanging on the cross until dead.
http://www.biblepath.com/andrew.html
http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/andrew.htm
James, son of Zebedee, referred to as Saint James the Greater to distinguish him from James the lesser, son of Alphaeus. James was also a fisherman in Galilee. Son of Jonah(john) and Salome, brother of John the Apostle. He is said to have preached to the Spanish people about Christ and his remains are buried in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He was martyred by sword on the orders of Agrippa I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_James_the_Great
http://www.biblepath.com/james_a.html
John, brother of James and son of Zebedee. Also a fisherman in Galilee. He pastored the church in Ephesus and is the only apostle to have lived out his life and not been martyrd for spreading the word of GOD. John was exiled to Patmos for a time where he was given the word of Revelations to record.
http://www.biblepath.com/john1.html
http://www.apostle.org/lectures.patmos.htm
A disciple of Christ believes in GOD, in Christ as the son of GOD, and the Gospel as faith, and they also have characteristics that define them as belonging to Christ. They are Commitment(2 Cor.4:8-11), Consecration (Romans 12:1-2), and Perspective (Colossians 1:24).
To boldly get up and just walk away to follow Jesus! I'm not sure I could just walk away from family and friends, people I've known all my life, but deep down I've always wondered about how my life would be if I did just that. Where would GOD take me? Who would I meet? What would I do?
Simon (called Peter by Jesus) was the first chosen. A fisherman who was a Galilean. A loved disciple who denied Christ 3 times before the cock crowed. He is considered to be the first Pope by the Roman Catholics. Links of historical info. on Simon Peter can be clicked on below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Peter
http://www.biblepath.com/peter.html
Andrew, brother of Simon Peter, in business with him in the family fishing business. It is said Andrew was the first to follow Jesus and introduce his brother, Simon Peter, to Jesus. Andrew preached to the Scythian's, in Instanbul Turkey, and also in Greece where he eventually died as a martyr, hanging on the cross until dead.
http://www.biblepath.com/andrew.html
http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/andrew.htm
James, son of Zebedee, referred to as Saint James the Greater to distinguish him from James the lesser, son of Alphaeus. James was also a fisherman in Galilee. Son of Jonah(john) and Salome, brother of John the Apostle. He is said to have preached to the Spanish people about Christ and his remains are buried in Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He was martyred by sword on the orders of Agrippa I.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_James_the_Great
http://www.biblepath.com/james_a.html
John, brother of James and son of Zebedee. Also a fisherman in Galilee. He pastored the church in Ephesus and is the only apostle to have lived out his life and not been martyrd for spreading the word of GOD. John was exiled to Patmos for a time where he was given the word of Revelations to record.
http://www.biblepath.com/john1.html
http://www.apostle.org/lectures.patmos.htm
A disciple of Christ believes in GOD, in Christ as the son of GOD, and the Gospel as faith, and they also have characteristics that define them as belonging to Christ. They are Commitment(2 Cor.4:8-11), Consecration (Romans 12:1-2), and Perspective (Colossians 1:24).
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Instructions Jesus Gave to the Twelve Disciples
Matthew 10: 5-42
In this book are the instructions Jesus gives to the twelve disciples. I wonder what we would look like today if those of us who tell ourselves we are disciples of Christ or followers and did exactly as Jesus said to his twelve disciples. What a difference our lives would be!! And to change someone elses' life too.
Instructions were:
Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel
Preach this message: the kingdom of Heaven is near
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy
Drive out demons
Freely give
Do not take any gold, silver or copper in your belts
Take no bag for the journey
Take no extra tunic, sandals or staff
Search the town for a worthy person and give this house your greeting and let your peace rest on it.
These were only a handful of instructions Jesus would give the twelve during His time with them before His crucifixtion. To give up everything you own, your family, your material wealth, and to take nothing at all with you, no money, no extra clothes, wow...to rely soley on God to provide all.
In this book are the instructions Jesus gives to the twelve disciples. I wonder what we would look like today if those of us who tell ourselves we are disciples of Christ or followers and did exactly as Jesus said to his twelve disciples. What a difference our lives would be!! And to change someone elses' life too.
Instructions were:
Do not go among the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans
Go rather to the lost sheep of Israel
Preach this message: the kingdom of Heaven is near
Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy
Drive out demons
Freely give
Do not take any gold, silver or copper in your belts
Take no bag for the journey
Take no extra tunic, sandals or staff
Search the town for a worthy person and give this house your greeting and let your peace rest on it.
These were only a handful of instructions Jesus would give the twelve during His time with them before His crucifixtion. To give up everything you own, your family, your material wealth, and to take nothing at all with you, no money, no extra clothes, wow...to rely soley on God to provide all.
The Twelve Disciples
Matthew 10: 2-4 "These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James (son of Zebedee) and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew (the tax collector); James (son of Alphaeus) and Thaddeus; Simon (the zealot) and Judas Iscariot (who betrayed him).
I will have a story on each of the twelve disciples, their life, and where they traveled and the people's they witnessed to. Among their story will also be Jesus beside them and how they listened to him, and did what He told them, losing their lives for HIS sake and gaining eternal life in Heaven with Christ.
I will have a story on each of the twelve disciples, their life, and where they traveled and the people's they witnessed to. Among their story will also be Jesus beside them and how they listened to him, and did what He told them, losing their lives for HIS sake and gaining eternal life in Heaven with Christ.
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