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Luke 17:28

Sammie Barnes — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:40:55 +0000

Luke 17:28
From Jesus’ Day Back to Lot’s Day and Forward to Our Days, People Fill Time with Busy-ness and Business, Oblivious to Approaching Judgment …

Eating & Drinking
Buying & Selling
Planting & Building

“It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.”

They Managed to Ignore God’s Wisdom and Grace, and They Didn’t Even Have TV, Video Games, the Internet, or Twitter to Take Up All Their Time …

Luke 22:30 Luke 22:30 Heavenly Authority Delegated to Faithful Earthly Servants Eat...
Luke 21:34 Luke 21:34 The Great Physician Offers a Heart-Healthy Word of...
Luke 19:43 Luke 19:43 Enemy Efforts to Destroy God’s People, God’s City,...

Luke 21:21, 25

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:48 +0000

Luke 21:21, 25
When Taking an Urgent Trip, It’s Best to Avoid Urban Gridlock (Troubled Times)

Flee Judea (to the Mountains)
Flee the City (out of Jerusalem)
Avoid the City (in the Country)

When Taking an Urgent Trip, It’s Best to Follow “the Signs” (Troubled Seas)

in the Sun
in the Moon
in the Stars

Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country not enter the city. [...] “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars. On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.

This Good Book Offers Early Travel Planning Ideas for Dangerous Situations

Acts 4:24-30 Acts 4:24-30 Our Master is the Maker of … Heaven...
Luke 21:34 Luke 21:34 The Great Physician Offers a Heart-Healthy Word of...
Luke 23:13 Luke 23:13 Pilate Shared the Wealth (of His Shameful Act)...

Luke 21:34

Sammie Barnes — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:35:19 +0000

Luke 21:34
The Great Physician Offers a Heart-Healthy Word of Warning: Be Careful!

Avoid Dissipation
Avoid Drunkenness
Avoid Life’s Anxieties

“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.”

Traps Turn Up Unexpectedly, but the Careful Person Can Avoid Them.

Luke 21:21, 25 Luke 21:21, 25 When Taking an Urgent Trip, It’s Best...
Luke 17:28 Luke 17:28 From Jesus’ Day Back to Lot’s Day and...

Acts 27:10

Sammie Barnes — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:31:48 +0000

Acts 27:10
Paul’s Warning Went Unheeded, so He Called the Voyage as He Saw It: A Probable Disaster

Great Loss to Ship
Great Loss to Cargo
Great Loss of Life

“Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.” NIV

With Revelation Awareness, Paul Could See the Situation Clearly, and It Looked Like a Disaster Movie Waiting to Happen

Acts 28:27 Acts 28:27 Everything Old is New Again … Isaiah’s Warning...

Acts 28:27

Sammie Barnes — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:58:01 +0000

Acts 28:27
Everything Old is New Again …
Isaiah’s Warning Finds Fulfillment in Paul’s Ministry, Too

Hearts … Calloused
Ears … Hardly Hearing
Eyes … Closed

God’s Will in Dealing with Human Willfulness …
Healing Offered to the Repentant

See
Hear
Understand

For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’” (cf. Isaiah 6:9-10) NIV

Everyone in Paul’s Day Had Heard the Warning Many Times Before, but They Were Sure It Did Not Apply to Them

Acts 26:16-18 Acts 26:16-18 Paul Rescued and Sent by God to …...
Matthew 13:15 Matthew 13:15 Jesus Experienced Needless Rejection of His Message Before...
Acts 14:9b-10 Acts 14:9b-10 Faith in Action(s) with Great Results Looked Saw...