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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 11:27 God chooses who he calls

Thomas Less, March 3, 2011

27“My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

This is a hard verse to accept and understand.  It also explains so much.  Truly knowing someone is very rare.  You may have hundreds of acquaintances.  Of those, you may consider 50 of …

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 11:25-26 Humility Is Key

Thomas Less, March 2, 2011
25At that time Jesus prayed this prayer: “O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.26Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way!
 
If you think you are smart, you’re an idiot who doesn’t know God.  I’ve been the idiot a lot.  Proverbs 3:34 and James
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 11:20-24 Recognizing Jesus

Thomas Less, March 1, 2011
20Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so many of his miracles, because they hadn’t repented of their sins and turned to God.21“What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 11:7-19 John the Baptist and Me

Thomas Less, February 28, 2011

7As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind?8Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people with expensive clothes live in palaces.9Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more …

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 11:1-6 Jesus May Not Be Who We Want Him To Be

Thomas Less, February 26, 2011

1When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region.

2John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus,3“Are you the Messiah we’ve been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else?”

4Jesus told them, “Go …

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 10:32-42 Living Like Jesus, Convicted By Loved Ones

Thomas Less, February 25, 2011
32“Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven.33But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
 
34“Don’t imagine that I came to bring hpeace to the earth! I came not to bring hpeace, but a sword.
35‘I have come to set a man against his father,
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 10:26-31 – Fear Only God

Thomas Less, February 23, 2011
26“But don’t be afraid of those who threaten you. For the time is coming when everything that is covered will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.27What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!
 
28“Don’t be afraid of those who want
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 10:16-25 As Harmless As Doves

Thomas Less, February 22, 2011
16“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.17But beware! For you will be handed over to the courts and will be flogged with whips in the synagogues.18You will stand trial before governors and kings because you are my followers. But this will be your opportunity to tell the rulers and other unbelievers about
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 9: 18-34 It's a Miracle!

Thomas Less, February 17, 2011
18As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”

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So Jesus and his disciples got up and went with him.20Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 9: 14-17 New wine in new wineskins

Thomas Less, February 16, 2011
14One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”

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Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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“Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new
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