You Are A Miracle Blog

"As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 'Come, follow me,' Jesus said, 'and I will send you out to fish for people.' At once they left their nets and followed him."  Matthew 4:18-20   After Jesus began his public  ministry  he began to gather disciples. Jesus immediately spread his ministry beyond himself and developed others who would carry the ministry beyond their time with him.  If Jesus had not taken that step then Christianity would have ended shortly after Jesus returned to heaven, because no one would have understood enough about Jesus and his ways to continue the ministry.   Who Jesus called to be his disciples is uniquely interesting.  First of  all  he went to fishermen, who were more than likely just rough everyday guys, and called them to be his disciples.  He did not go after...

Jesus’ parables can be understood on multiple levels.  For example, take the parable of the sower and the seed which is found in  Mark 4:3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6 But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times.”   This parable can be understood on a physical level.  Farmers should avoid scattering their seed on the path because the  dirt is  beaten down and the seed will not take root. Farmers remove as many rocks as they can from their fields...