tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69276567072665704352023-11-15T08:17:57.819-05:00The WayJesus said He is the way, so I'm following Him. He said He is the truth, and that's what I want my life to be about, too. Jesus said He is the life. I want to live that rich, full, vibrant, powerful life that Jesus offers. He is the Lover of my soul, and I the lover of Him.
This is what I'm thinking about right now, and I'd love to read what you're thinking about, too.Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.comBlogger374125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-54567514636292787982016-08-14T17:40:00.001-04:002016-08-14T17:40:05.496-04:00SarahSalespitch
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Right Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-67184796981158792892011-08-12T05:30:00.033-04:002011-08-12T05:30:01.346-04:00Jesus Gave Three Responses To The Pharisees' Challenge1) He wasn’t going to be their puppet and try and come up with some miracle that they would accept. Instead He would give them the ultimate sign in just a few years, the resurrection of the dead, victory over death and hell
"For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." (Matthew 12:40)Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-50747786084186892332011-08-11T05:30:00.027-04:002011-08-11T05:30:00.305-04:00Jesus warned the Pharisees that their words gave evidence of the evil in their hearts. The sin against the Holy Spirit is not a matter of speech; the words spoken are only evidence of a sin-filled heart
"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.
"You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-16200129664264845162011-08-10T05:30:00.014-04:002017-01-31T12:49:13.886-05:00What Is The Unforgivable Sin?But what is this terrible thing that Jesus talked about next,
23:31-32)
Was it limited to the Pharisees, or can such an unforgivable sin be committed today, and if so, how?
The context of this passage is the Lord's indictment of the Pharisees for attributing the origin of His power and the validity of His claims to the devil.
The unforgivable sin is the rejection of the true power behindJoanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-80785545789781113232011-08-09T05:30:00.037-04:002011-08-09T05:30:01.527-04:00Jesus' Response to the Pharisees In Three Parts1) Satan is a formidable enemy. Sometimes a person tries to resist evil without first submitting to God, and Satan pays no attention to that. Jesus said
"If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand?" (Matthew 12:26)Satan wouldn't be very likely to drive himself out, because that would divide his own kingdom and weaken his base of power. Only someoneJoanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-11001944004855240392011-08-07T05:30:00.027-04:002011-08-08T23:08:57.519-04:00The Pharisees Accuse Jesus of Working With The DevilThe man who was brought to Jesus was in pretty rough shape. He was blind, he couldn’t speak, and he was being oppressed by a demon. When Jesus delivered him,
All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?” (Matthew 12:23)but the Pharisees accused Jesus of using the devil’s power,
They said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives outJoanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-44871474403552404252011-08-06T05:30:00.044-04:002011-08-06T05:30:00.497-04:00Blended Gospels: Jesus Casts Out A DemonThen [Jesus] went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, "He is out of his mind."
Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, "Can this be the Son of David?"
But when Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-54772710753044762212011-08-05T05:30:00.031-04:002011-08-05T05:30:00.235-04:00God Does Not Leave Sin UnpunishedWhen John was beheaded, all the seventy people Jesus had sent out with the gospel had also just come back to debrief with Him.
They were very tired, having not even had time to eat. It was Passover, there were many more thousands of people than usual in Jerusalem at that time. Emotions were already high. John’s death made matters even worse.
They had to have felt shock that John had been Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-62735830047229074862011-08-04T05:30:00.041-04:002011-08-04T05:30:02.200-04:00The Night John The Baptist DiedFinally, one night, Herodias recognized her opportunity. It was right before the Passover, and Herod was having a big party. There was drinking and carousing, and high spirits.
Herodias knew she could manipulate her daughter into getting what she wanted. So she sent Salome into the party to do some pole dancing, hoping a drunk and lustful Herod would make rash promises.
He did.
There Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-53283813438362599742011-08-03T05:30:00.002-04:002011-08-03T05:30:00.279-04:00Background on HerodOn the night that the Lord Jesus was born, Herod the Great ruled all of Palestine.
Herod the Great was the one the wise men came to asking about the baby and the star.
Herod the Great was the one who ordered the slaughter of all the baby boys in Bethlehem. It was no big deal to him. He had numerous sons and daughters of his own, by ten wives, and he killed them, too, when he thought they Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-84227885501238311362011-08-02T05:30:00.013-04:002011-08-02T05:30:03.607-04:00Blended Gospels: John The Baptist's DeathFinally an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
For when Herodias’s daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you."
And he vowed to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-76299634034636532102011-08-01T05:30:00.024-04:002011-08-01T05:30:02.570-04:00Blended Gospels: Women Support JesusSoon afterward Jesus went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities:
1) Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
2) and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager,
3) and Susanna,
4) and many others,
who Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-1032921359093481672011-07-31T05:30:00.138-04:002011-07-31T05:30:01.596-04:00Jesus Forgives SinThe woman who had entered Simon the Pharisee's home to perfume Jesus' feet was a notorious sinner. Traditionally she has been called a prostitute, but the text is not so specific. She was probably not Mary Magdalene, who was introduced after this story.
In the ancient world it apparently was common to allow people to enter the home where a meal was being held in honor of a major teacher, or Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-68541493306830457922011-07-30T05:30:00.015-04:002011-07-30T05:30:01.057-04:00Blended Gospels: A Woman Bringing PerfumeOne of the Pharisees asked [Jesus] to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table.
And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with theJoanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-34716627469093292852011-07-29T05:30:00.032-04:002011-07-29T05:30:01.577-04:00"Come To Me, You Who Are Weary"Having said the negative, Jesus now gave the positive, beginning with a prayer of praise and thanksgiving to His Father
“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do." (Matthew 11:25-26)Those who come with a childlike heart, open, trusting Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-91830924504039643242011-07-28T05:30:00.021-04:002011-07-28T05:30:00.158-04:00Some Thoughts on JudgmentJesus' teaching on the fate of Tyre, Sidon and Sodom, as compared with Bethsaida, Chorazim and Capernaum, seem to indicate that there are degrees of punishment in the judgment of God.
Though there is not a lot written in the New Testament about this teaching, it does show that even in judgement God is just and fair.
Judgment is meted out according to the light given to the individual.
Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-44473664766086547582011-07-27T05:26:00.028-04:002011-07-27T05:26:00.834-04:00Jesus Denounces ColdnessThen Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-34549680503410802792011-07-26T05:30:00.002-04:002011-07-26T18:00:15.807-04:00Jesus Then Taught The CrowdsWhat The Lord Jesus said next is difficult to understand,
"From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force." (Matthew 11:12)- It could mean that the gospel had been forcefully advancing in spite of opposition.
- Or, it could mean that the gospel was being violently opposed.
Either way John was like Elijah in that he Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-54708226991014563282011-07-25T05:30:00.005-04:002011-07-25T05:30:00.252-04:00Jesus' Answer to JohnJesus answered John from the prophetic book of Isaiah,
"Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them." (Matthew 11:4-5)that’s the text John the Baptist most often preached from. Sinners must be restored first before God will come to rule theJoanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-45622481071254350782011-07-24T05:30:00.002-04:002011-07-24T05:30:00.491-04:00Why Did John the Baptist Question Jesus?After sending the disciples off to preach and teach in pairs, Jesus began to teach in the disciples' hometowns. This is where John the Baptist’s disciples found Him and asked Him the question their rabbi, John the Baptist, had given them:
"Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?" (Matthew 11:3)John was genuinely doubting whether the message he’d preached was all true, and Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-22657036509335139522011-07-23T05:30:00.007-04:002011-07-23T05:30:01.962-04:00Blended Gospels: John The Baptist's QuestionNow when John's disciples reported all these things to him in prison, about the deeds of the Christ, John called two of his disciples to him, sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?"
And when the men had come to [Jesus], they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?'"Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-91020842762554434442011-07-22T05:30:00.000-04:002011-07-22T05:30:03.636-04:00Blended Gospels: A Widow's Son Is Restored to LifeSoon afterward [Jesus] went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her.
And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, "Do not weep."
Then he came up Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-29793033634622118002011-07-21T05:30:00.001-04:002011-07-21T05:30:02.421-04:00Blended Gospels: A Centurian's Servant Is HealedAfter he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him.
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, appealing to him, "Lord, [the centurian's] servant is lying Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927656707266570435.post-18497194149192551612011-07-20T05:30:00.033-04:002011-07-20T05:30:01.789-04:00Jesus' Sermon On The Mountainside: Jesus' AuthorityEveryone who heard Jesus recognized that what He was teaching came straight from God
And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes (Matthew 7:28-29)The scribes and Pharisees spoke from “the authorities” of past rabbis and experts of the law. But Jesus spoke with the voice of God Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00748082359446872048noreply@blogger.com0