Little Things #2 Continuing: PIDDLY LITTLE THINGS in your Bible. 12. NAAMAN was a Syrian military leader (2 Kings 5), but he had one serious problem. He had the incurable disease of leprosy. A little slave girl told Mrs. Naaman about a prophet in Israel who could heal him. So Naaman promptly gathered rich gifts
“Peter came to Jesus and asked, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?” This shows Peter had made progress beyond the rabbis who taught forgiveness three times (see Amos 1:4). Forgiveness had been taught by Noah, Jonah, Jeremiah and many others in the Old Testament.
What does Jesus say about making a loan to a fellow disciple? He said, “Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.” (Mt 5:42) In Luke’s gospel, we have this: “If you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit
He was true and faithful, God-fearing, always helping the poor. Listen to God speaking to satan: “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.” (Job 1:8) Suffering that befell Job would cause many of us to
Jesus said a man must be honest and good in order to produce fruit in His kingdom (Luke 8:15). The seed of the gospel must find lodging in this kind of soil or it cannot bear fruit for God. If any man or any preacher is not totally honest, he can never make a good
