Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
5 He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
Crowds Follow Jesus
7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed. 8 When they heard about all he was doing, many people came to him from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, and the regions across the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon. 9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him. 11 Whenever the impure spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12 But he gave them strict orders not to tell others about him.
Jesus Appoints the Twelve
13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he wanted, and they came to him. 14 He appointed twelve[a] that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach 15 and to have authority to drive out demons. 16 These are the twelve he appointed: Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter), 17 James son of Zebedee and his brother John (to them he gave the name Boanerges, which means “sons of thunder”), 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot 19 and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.
Jesus Accused by His Family and by Teachers of the Law
20 Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. 21 When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”
22 And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons he is driving out demons.”
23 So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan? 24 If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has come. 27 In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the strong man’s house. 28 Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.”
30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
31 Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.”
33 “Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.
34 Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! 35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 45493070 those who do little but requote ie: "parrot scripture" are making it clear they have nothing of value to contribute to the world at this critical point in time
nothing whatsoever which would actually help to enlighten others who are lost in darkness and confusion with reference to the continual onslaught of false prophecies and outright new age lies aimed at prepping them to accept antichrist when he returns FIRST at the 6th trumpet to the truth of the matter with reference to "overcoming" during the time the antichrist is upon the earth
hence these parroters of scripture are in no way Gods Election as that is the purpose of said Elect hereupon in full, which they will continue to execute when the antichrist has arrived as it is upon them to fight the battle for Christ in His absence for the benefit of these others at that point in time
the truth that needs be disseminated at this time is with direct reference to those things making it possible to "overcome" at the end of this Age, as nothing else matters in truth at present tense, time being short
if all you can do is continue to attempt to recruit people with standard issue scripture which has been available to all for the duration, then in truth you have nothing to offer them that could possibly help them at this point in time
if you desire to help them then give them that knowledge which constitutes the Key of David whereby they will have what they require to facilitate their own ability to overcome this world of lies whereby they might participate in the wedding feast that will follow in the wake of the 7th and final Trumpet
rather than being marked as "idolaters" and resigned to the teaching they will receive for the thousand years to then follow with the onset of the Millennium Age
I am still waiting and hoping to see something from you in this regard, to little avail at this point, sadly, however if I heard you correctly your participation or the participation of your father in "rituals" of a sort in your regard would clearly preclude you in that regard from the gate
those who participate in "scripture wars" clearly have nothing that yet remains largely hidden from the many to contribute to the cause at this juncture, and their walls of text in this regard are nothing but a distraction from the small, quiet truth contained therein with reference to same
