CHRISTMAS IS FOREVER (Mt. 16:18, 24:35, Rev. 11:15, Jn. 5:16-30, Rev. 4-22) "I am the Alpha and the Omega," Jesus told me. Again, I am John, the disciple Jesus loved and I was privileged to see who Jesus really was...
THE LAST AMONG THE LEAST (Acts, Paul's Epistles, IDB. V: 3) I am Saul of Tarsus. Yes, I am the one that guarded the clothes of those that stoned Stephen, that persecuted the followers of Jesus and that met the...
BEHIND THE SCENE (Col.4: 10; Gal.2: 11-14; 1 Cor.9: 6; Ac. 1-15) I am Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus. Through my cousin Mark and his family in Jerusalem, I had familiarized myself with the events surrounding Jesus. During this time,...
MY BROTHER JAMES ZEBEDEE (Mark 5: 37; 9: 2; 14: 33; Acts 12: 2) . James Zebedee was my older brother and King Herod deprived him of sharing his life and contribution with you. He was the first among us...
HUMBLING LESSONS FOR A LEADER, (Gospels, Acts, Galatians, and Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Vol. 3) We were mending our fishing nets when Andrew returned from a trip all exited telling us that they had found the Messiah. He insisted...
A TRUE ISRAELITE (Mt.10:4; Mk.3:18; Lk.6:15; Ac.1:13; Jn.21:2: 1:44-51) My identity will puzzle historians. Those, who will write about Jesus, shall identify me by different names. Some called me Simon the Zealot. Simon means being "snub-nosed." There was something about...
WITH ALL MY HEART (Jn.14:22; Mt.10:3; Mk.3:18; Lk.6:16; Ac.1:13) I was the disciple of the heart. Mine was not bigger than the hearts of the other disciples of Jesus; but, perhaps it was more sensitive and introspective. I went more...
ON THE THIRD DAY (Mt. 28; Mk. 16; Lk. 24; Jn. 20-21; Ac. 1-4) I, John, the one whom Jesus loved, watched in horror what the Roman soldiers were doing to our Teacher. A week ago, He rode into Jerusalem...
I PROSECUTED JESUS (Josephus Antiq. XVIII. 2: 1; 4: 3; Jn.7: 52; 11: 45-53; 18: 12-24; Mk.14: 53-65; Ac.4: 1-22; 5: 17-42; Lk.19: 41-44) I am Caiaphas, the High Priest that prosecuted Jesus. I was convinced that this Galilean was...
THE TIME HAD COME (Jn.1: 43-44; 6:55-7; 14:8-9; 12:20-23) I was not lost, nor had I strayed from home as my introduction may suggest. The reason I was found was that Jesus, the Teacher, had come looking for me. He...
I WAS THE MOST UNWORTHY (Mt.9: 9-13; Mk.2: 13-17; Lk.5: 27-32) I had not fallen while I was a disciple of Jesus. I had fallen before I became one of his. My real name is Matthew Levi, son of Alphaeus....
I WAS ONE OF HIS LOST SHEEP (Mt.10: 3; Mk.3: 18; Lk.6: 14; Ac.1: 13) I have been the disciple that defies identity. One of the reasons is that nothing is being said about me except my name. My fellow...
MERCY EARNS ETERNAL LIFE? (Lk.10: 25-37) I was a lawyer or an interpreter of our laws. In fact, I was regarded as an expert in the legal profession. We had mainly two schools of legal interpretation. The Pharisees believed in...
TRAPPED BY UNFORGIVENESS (Luke 7: 36-50) I am one of the people who laid a trap for another human being and I fell in myself. It all began when I invited Jesus to have a meal with me. He was...
WHY DID I FOLLOW JESUS? (Luke 8: 3) I am Susanna and I, too, was remembered to have followed Jesus. Just think my name appears in a book that is all about Jesus. Only, one of the writers found room...
MY MISCONSTRUED VISION (Mk.15: 40-41; 16: 1-8) I was not one of the eager volunteers to follow the Prophet Jesus. I had a good life. I had a husband, two sons and a good business. I also was an opportunist....
HE CAME TO MY HOME (Mk.1: 29-34; Mt.8: 14-17; Lk.4: 38-41) I spent many days in bed. I had a fever that would not let me go. Sometimes my body was trenched in sweat and at other times in chills....
IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (Ac.1: 8; Jn.21: 20-25; 1: 32-34; 4: 24; 20: 22; 14: 5-21; 16: 5-16: 21: 20-25; Rev.1: 10) Andrew and I, John Zebedee, we were present when the Baptizer identified the dove that...
WE HAVE FOUND THE CHRIST (Jn.1: 35-51; Lk.5: 1-11; Mk.3: 13-18; Ac.1: 6-8; 1 Jn.1: 1-4). Andrew and I lived in Bethsaida, Galilee. A fisherman built a house on the eastside, where the Jordan River enters Lake Galilee. When others...
ARE YOU THE ONE WHO WAS TO COME? (Mt.3: 1-19; 11: 1-15; Mk.6: 14-29; Lk.1: 5-25, 57-80; 3: 1-22; Jn.1: 15; 3: 22- 36) I am John, the man that introduced the Christ to the public. I was predestined, born...
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