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Jesus Heals at the Pool of Bethesda John 5:1-15   Q. Where did the incident take place? The Pool of Bethesda Near sheep gate. Sheep gate was the gate used to bring sheep into the city to the temple for sacrifice. (Nehemiah 3:1) The Bethesda pool has been discovered by archeologists in 1960s.   Q. What was the occasion? Feast of Jews & Sabbath Three feasts of Jews                       1.      Feast of Passover & unleavened bread                       2.      Feast of Pentecost                       3.      Feast ...

Blessed are the Poor in Spirit The Beatitudes: An Overview Beatitudes are referred to, as the account of the 'Sermon on the Mount' preached by Jesus Christ, recorded in Matthew 5: 3-12 in the Bible. It is one of the most quoted passages of the Bible. A similar list of beatitudes is also given in Luke 6:20-23. What is the meaning of the word 'Beatitude'? And how does it relate to the word 'Blessed' used in Matthew 5? The word 'Beatitude' is not found in the English Bible. But it is derived from the Latin word 'Beatus' meaning 'Happy' or 'Blessed', the meaning of which is very close to the original Greek word that Jesus used during His sermon on the mount. The Greek word for 'Blessed' is 'Makarioi' which means 'happy, supremely blessed and fortunate'. Before we start looking at each of these ...

Loving Plans The Scriptures reveal that when God designed a plan for life, he used careful and loving advanced planning. In Jer 1:5, God says “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the nations I appointed you.” This is rather surprising.  God knew Jeremiah before he was born.  It follows that God knows all of us even before we are born. God's advanced loving and careful plan is confirmed by Rom 8:29-30 where Paul says: “For those he foreknew he also pre-destined to be conformed to the image of His son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.”  The same notion of foreknowledge is revealed in Paul’s letter to the    Ephesians, 1:3-4:  “Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he c...