The Mystery of Godliness – 1 Timothy 3:16 “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory”. The apostle Paul used the word mystery 21 times in his epistles: the mystery of […]
Posts by Barry Forder
The Power of His Resurrection In Philippians 3:10-12, the Apostle Paul states the following: “That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. Not as though I had already […]
The Disciples Prayer – Part 1 On a number of occasions the disciples observed Jesus in payer. What must have struck them was the manor in which Jesus prayed. It was not the typical religious observance, a formality conducted out of a sense of duty; it was an intimate conversation between a Father and Son. […]
As we continue our journey through Luke’s gospel, we now find Jesus, on His way down to Jerusalem, sending out 70 disciples (in pairs), giving them power over unclean spirits and the power to heal sickness as they proclaim the coming of the kingdom of God. In addition, they were to specifically search out places […]
In the last part of Luke chapter 9 we see Jesus, Peter, James and John return from the Mt of Transfiguration to be with the rest of the disciples who had waited somewhere around the base of the mountain (Mt Nebo?) while a large crowed gathered, presumably expecting Jesus’ arrival. From the crowd, a voice cried […]
In Luke chapter 9, as part of thier ‘on the job training’, after seeing Jesus demonstrate His power and authority over sickness and those possessed, the 12 disciples are then sent out to do the same! “Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent […]