What Jesus said about…
12 of the questions people bring to faith, answered from the Gospels. Each study is a few minutes: the short answer, two or three scenes with the Bible text, and how Lutherans read them.
Faith
Believing, praying and being afraid.
- Doubt How Jesus met people who were not sure.
I believe. Help my unbelief!
Mark 9:24 - Prayer What Jesus taught his friends when they asked how.
Lord, teach us to pray
Luke 11:1 - Fear and worry Storms, tomorrow, and the peace Jesus gives.
Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
John 14:27
Life together
Love, family, work, money and the people in charge.
- Love and marriage A wedding, a commandment, and love as Jesus gave it.
Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
John 13:34 - Children and family How Jesus welcomed children, and a father who ran.
Allow the little children to come to me!
Mark 10:14 - Forgiveness and conflict Settling wrongs, and forgiving past counting.
I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.
Matthew 18:22 - Work and calling Fishermen, a busy sister, and workers paid the same.
Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men.
Mark 1:17 - Money and possessions A rich man, full barns, and two small coins.
a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.
Luke 12:15 - Faith and government A coin, a governor, and a different kind of power.
Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.
Mark 12:17
Illness, grief and death
What the Gospels say when life is hardest.
- Illness and healing Jesus with the sick, and the ones others avoided.
I want to. Be made clean.
Mark 1:41 - Grief Jesus at a friend’s tomb, and a promise to those who mourn.
Jesus wept.
John 11:35 - Death and eternal life What Jesus promised about death, and a thief’s last request.
I am the resurrection and the life.
John 11:25
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