Study Desk

For even the Greatest Top Hand did not come down here to ride all high and mighty, but he came to serve others, and to offer his life as a ransom for everyone else."

A lot of people tried to shut him up because of the racket he was making, but he kept it up. "Jesus, please, please help me!"

Jesus smiled and said, "Go, your faith has given you back your eyes."And just like that, the man's sight returned, but he didn't leave . . . he followed Jesus.

he saw a fig tree a little way off the trail. The tree was bright and full of life and leaves, but there were no figs, despite that it was a little early in the season. Jesus rode off from the tree and

He jumped up on a stone and shouted for all to hear, "Everyone listen! Didn't God's writings say, 'My house will be called a house of prayer for the whole world?' But you all here have turned it into a circus and a robber's roost!"

This here's the truth, if someone tells a mountain to go jump in the sea, and he does not doubt that God can do it, but believes in the power of God wholeheartedly, then it will happen.

But don't let anything get in the way of your prayers. If you are holding a grudge or have not done something that someone else asked you for, then go do that so your Boss in heaven will do the same for you."

But if we say it was just his own idea, all these people will get mad because they believe John was a true cowboy of God."

Then Jesus gathered everyone who wanted to learn around him. He taught them with stories they could understand and relate to, "A man started a ranch and strung all the wire and set every post. He even built a big nice entrance with a gate. After that, he leased the ranch on shares to some cowboys who wanted to get started in the business. The rancher moved away to another part of the country, but at the time of shipping calves,

But the cowboys on the ranch grabbed the cowboy and beat the crap out of him and sent him back without a single calf.

"But the evil cowboys saw the son coming and said to one another, 'Look, the rancher sends his own son. If we kill him, then the rancher will have no one to leave his ranch to and we will have the boy's inheritance.'

Now this really got them bigwig preacher's feathers ruffled. They wanted to arrest him, but the crowds loved what Jesus was teaching. The bigwigs knew he had just told this story about them, but they just skulked away to scheme against him.

They strolled up to Jesus like they were all friends and said, "Hey there professor, we know you are a straight shooter and don't say things just so people will like you. We know you teach the truth straight from God, but we've got a question for ya.

Should those of us who follow God really be paying taxes to Caesar?"But Jesus saw right through their underhanded scheme and said, "Do you think I'm going to fall for your silly games? Bring me one of these coins you use to pay your taxes and let me see it."

They asked him, "Sir, Moses told us that God said, 'If a man's brother is married and dies, then the brother is to marry his former sister-in-law and have some kids in memory of his dead brother.' But what about this scenario?

Say there were seven brothers and the oldest brother marries a woman, but dies before they have any kids.

When people are raised from the dead and enter heaven, none of them will be married to anyone, but rather, they will be like the angels.

But, let's cut to the chase here. Y'all are asking me about life after death and you don't even believe in that. Have you not read in Moses's book, in the section about the burning bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He didn't say he had been the God of those great guys, but that he is the God of them.

But there is another commandment that is just as important as this one. 'Care about the well-being of others as much as you care about the well-being of yourself.' These two things are more important than all the offerings and sacrifices a person could ever make."

But these fellows would cheat a widow out of her last piece of bread and then go and make a long, eloquent prayer at a public gathering. Because they act like this, they will be punished severely."