Study Desk

He told 'em all, "If anyone wants to ride for my outfit, he's gotta give up always looking out for himself. You've got be ready for the world to make fun of you. Be ready to saddle up with me every single day. Any cowboy who rides for himself will end up dead, but anyone who rides only for me and the good news will find true life.

What good does owning the whole world do for a cowboy without a soul?

What kind of man would trade his soul for a two dollar lie?

Pete jumped up quickly and said, "Hey boss! What do you think about us making a memorial about this day? I could make one for you, one for Elijah, and one for old Moses."

He said, "Elijah does come first. He brings everything back and gets everything ready for the Chosen One.

it throws my boy to the ground. It scares the tar out of me because he starts a foamin' at the mouth while gnashing his teeth like a wild hog. He then becomes as rigid as a felled lodgepole pine. I asked your cowboys for help, but they was useless."

"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus raised an eyebrow and asked. "Ain't nothin' impossible for a man who believes."

They arrived at Capernaum one evening and as they settled in for the night, Jesus asked his cowboys what they had been discussing on the ride over.

He told 'em all to gather 'round, for he had known all along what they had been saying. Jesus said, "Whoever wants to be the top hand in my outfit has to be willing to ride drag and let everyone else go in front of him."

"Whoever is willing to care for the little ones of this world is the one who rides for me. More importantly, he rides for my Dad."

Jesus put a stop to that foolishness at once, "Why'd you stop him? Ain't no one can use my name for good things and then in the next breath say something bad about me.

If someone ain't riding against us, then he is riding for us.

Even a person who gives you a drink from their canteen because you ride for God's Top Hand will be rewarded for it.

But here's a warning and you better listen close. If anyone causes one of these little ones to abandon their faith and follow the outlaw's trail, well, it would be better for that cowboy if he was tied to an anvil and thrown in the ocean.

If one of your feet takes you someplace you ought not be, it'd be better for you to cut it off than to walk all high and mighty right into hell.

"If your eye keeps looking at things it shouldn't, tear that sucker right out. It's better to ride for God's outfit with a patch over one eye than to see what hell is like with both.

Then Jesus left and rode off to the region along Jordan Creek. Once again, the crowds of people found him and he taught them about riding for God's outfit.

Some of the bigwig preachers showed their ugly hides and tried to throw a heel trap at him and get him to say something wrong. They asked him, "Is it right for a cowboy to divorce his wife?"

As Jesus was looking at him, he felt a tremendous love for the man and so he told him the truth of the matter. "Hang on there, cowboy. One more thing, go and sell every single thing you own and give it to the poor and you will be a rich man in heaven. Once you're done selling, then come and ride for me and I'll take care of you."

it'd be easier for a bull to jump through a cinch ring than for a rich man to fit through the gate into heaven."