tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post7696878466035785179..comments2023-08-27T06:33:12.637-05:00Comments on The Bible in a Year - and Beyond!: Saturday, February 14th: Isaiah 59-61, Mark 14:1-26Tammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12045517118866436340noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-55907272795683820442015-02-14T19:44:01.391-06:002015-02-14T19:44:01.391-06:00Good point Pamela. For some reason I always took J...Good point Pamela. For some reason I always took Judas Iscariot's betrayal to Jesus from the perspective that he was bribed.....<br /><br />As I was reading in Mark, I was wondering what the disciples were thinking when Jesus took the bread and said this is my body and that the wine was His blood. Did they really know what Jesus meant? They didn't question Him. Were they too embarrassed to ask?<br />Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00378594821836169485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094248114996261058.post-4663004988564566892015-02-14T19:30:08.989-06:002015-02-14T19:30:08.989-06:00This stood out for me:
we hope for light, and beho...This stood out for me:<br />we hope for light, and behold, darkness,<br /> and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.<br />10 We grope for the wall like the blind;<br /> we grope like those who have no eyes;<br />we stumble at noon as in the twilight,<br /><br />We have a really dark living room. Our open concept main floor does give off some light from the kitchen and the dining room but we don't use the living room very often (probably because it is so dark!). This evening, Conrad was helping our son with his lines for an upcoming play and the darkness made it nearly impossible for Conrad to read the correct words. It was also hard for him to correct our son when he was saying his lines because it was too dark to see if what our son was saying was accurate. Just like we need to add light to our living room we, as Christians, need to add "light" to our lives through Christ by growing in a relationship with Him. It is only when we can see clearly that we can know what we are supposed to do and say and also how to help others to know and do what is in the 'script' (the bible).<br /><br />Also, it was interesting for me to read:<br /><br />Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.<br /><br />HE SOUGHT....not he was persuaded, not he was bribed, not he was forced....Judas sought an opportunity to betray Jesus. I still struggle to wrap my head around the betrayal of Jesus by someone he was so close to. It boggles my mind.Pamelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770898936799604859noreply@blogger.com