Author: Brian Nettles

We are required build on our talents with the express purpose of building up the Kingdom of God on the earth. Matthew 25 : 14-30 KJV 14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, […]

Judas Iscariot did not have to betray Jesus for the Pharisee’s to have prevailed. But he did hasten the process. “So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.” – ZECH. xi. 12 “That furtive mien, that scowling eye, Of hair that red and tufted fell” — Conception of Judas which was handed down. […]

Matthew 25 KJV 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the […]

And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury. Jesus also teaches his disciples of the future destruction of […]

The Pharisees gathered around Jesus and began asking him questions hoping to trip him up. In the end, he silenced them with his questions, then began to chastise the wickedness of the scribes and pharisees and to prophesy of their ruin. The Life of Christ – Written by Frederick W. Farrar – Originally published in […]