Author: Brian Nettles

Matthew 5 : 17-20 KJV 17. Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all […]

Matthew 5 : 13-16 KJV 13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be trodden under foot of men. 14. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an […]

For many years, I have loved the Beatitudes. I recall once teaching a youth sunday school class going over the beatitudes with deep passion as tears streamed down my face at times. I do not know if anyone in the class got what I was teaching. But they were and are precious to me. Yet […]

Can there be a greater example of the power of God than to raise to life a man who had been dead for four days? Fact is, God controls the elements, all of them. That is how he created the earth. A God that can create an earth, can control life and death. He can […]

The Book of Matthew and the Book of Mark both record that Jesus fed the masses on two separate occasions, once four thousand and once five thousand (plus the women and children). The Book of Luke and the Book of John only record the event of feeding five thousand people. I shall only include the […]

A woman touched Jesus by the garment and was immediately healed. Jesus noticed something important happened and beckoned the healed person to come forward. The miracle was then made known. This testifies to the power of faith in Jesus Christ. Mark 5 25:34 25. And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve […]

Here is the story of Jesus healing a man at the Pool of Bethesda. The man was infirm over something of his own doing. And Jesus healed him on the Sabbath. The timing being on the sabbath caused an uproar among the pharisees. The fact that the man was infirm over something of his own […]

In the book Jesus the Christ, James Talmage defines a palsy as follows: “PALSY – a species of paralysis which deprived the subject of the power of voluntary motion and usually of speech.” Jesus healed such a man. Luke 5 : 18-26 KJV 18. And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was […]

While the story of Jesus healing a leper seems very simple, there was a lot more to its significance than you may think. Please read the account which only takes four verses in the Book of Matthew. The same account is further expounded upon by Mark with more detail. After reading these two accounts, then […]

This miracle is considered the beginning of miracles he did openly which manifested his glory. The miracle was done at the request of his mother. John 2 : 1-11 KJV 1. And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2. And both Jesus was […]

The visit from the Magi is the last portion of the scriptural account of the birth of Jesus whom we know as Jesus the Christ prior to the family flight into Egypt. The book The Life of Christ by Frederic Farrar is probably the most complete record known of just what happened as taken from […]

It was 40 days after the birth of Jesus that he was presented to the Lord at the Temple. At the offering Joseph and Mary were to sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. And then, being spotted by two distinct […]

Now we return from the account of Matthew to the account of Luke who gave greater detail on the night of the birth of Jesus to include the account of the shepherds. About the location where Jesus was born – Frederick Farrar – 1874 In Palestine, it not unfrequently happens that the entire khan, or […]

Now we switch from the account in the Book of Luke to the Book of Matthew in Chapter 1. Here we learn that what appears to be after Mary returns from visiting her cousin Elisabeth, Joseph learns that Mary (his betrothed soon to be wife) is pregnant and understandably upset about it. He intends to […]

The Angel Gabriel has just visited Mary and proclaimed to her that she shall be the mother of the Son of God. Now she goes to visit her cousin Elisabeth, the expectant mother to John the Baptist. Marvelous prophesies are shared among the women. John is born and is raised in the desert. Luke 1 […]

We continue the story of the birth of Jesus already having covered the Gabriel visited Zacharias in the temple to proclaim the coming of their son who would become John the Baptist. We continue with Luke Chapter 1 using the King James Version of the Bible. Luke 1 : 26-38 26. And in the sixth […]

In covering the birth of Jesus Christ, I start here with Zacharias and Elisabeth who shall give birth to the cousin of Jesus. His name will be John – usually referred to as John the Baptist. To retell the account of the Birth of Christ, I shall begin with the birth of John the Baptist […]

As a young man growing up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I was always impressed with Bruce R. McConkie who was serving as a member in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. He had written books which I read and often referenced. My favorite book that I read from him was […]