The great absentee
Surely the bridegroom’s attendants would never think of mourning as long as the bridegroom is still with them? (Matthew 9, 15)
Put God first
If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself and take up his cross every day and follow me (Luke 9,23)
The imposter
Be careful not to parade your good deeds before men to attract their notice (Matthew 6, 1)
To recognise a spiritual father
He will be repaid a hundred times over.. now in this present time (Mark 10, 30)
Being wealthy is not bad in itself, but....
He was a man of great wealth (Mark 10, 22)
Life unmasks us
A good man draws what is good from the store of goodness in his heart (Luke 6, 45)
Like a child, welcome Jesus
Anyone who does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it (Mark 10, 15)
Before original sin
They are no longer two, therefore, but one body (Mark 10, 8)
Let’s start with the words we use
But anyone who is an obstacle to bring down one of these little ones who have faith (Mark 9, 42)
The older brother’s mistake
You must not stop him (Mark 9, 39)
The correct answer
You are the Christ, Son of the living God (Matthew 16, 16)
Deliver us from evil
This is the kind, He answered, that can only be driven out by prayer (Mark 9, 29)
