SURPRISE OF THE DAY FOR APRIL 27

I WAS BAPTIZED 74 YEARS AGO TODAY APRIL27) in Dearborn, Michigan by Arnold Watson. I remember coming up out of the water and, even at age 11 (one week before turning 12) thinking,” I’m sinless” and with a vague after thought, “I wonder how long it will last.” I have always remembered that day as my RE-BIRTH DAY.
 
A lot has happened since then. Brother Watson returned to Texas and died there. Also his sweet wife and one of my Sunday School teachers, Ruby Mae.  I have lived through 6 wars and 10 presidents and several eclipses.
 
I have taught the gospel in person everywhere in the US I have lived, plus Korea, Canada, Sri Lanka, India, and last in Afghanistan. I went to Afghanistan when the T’ban were taking over to encourage the secret Christians there and to give my life for them if it ever came to that.
 
I have written books to inspire people to become Christians, and hope they have accomplished that somewhere. I have never doubted that my baptism was the most important thing I ever did in my life and have never regretted it,
 
And now I wait for my turn to go HOME.
 

OOPS OF THE DAY ~ April 24

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

All Jesus’ apostles fled and hid while Jesus was being crucified.  Only John was at the crucifixion. That’s another reason Jesus had to hand over the care of his mother to John.

Luke 23:46-49

Fact of the Day

No!  EVERYONE who knew Jesus and had followed him from Galilee, including the women, watched at a distance.  In the account, Luke did not reveal any names including the women – perhaps to protect their identities.
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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 22

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Jesus asked the apostle John to take care of his mother after his death just because Joseph had died.

John 19:27 & 25  –  Matthew 27:56  –  Mark 15:40  –  Matthew 13:55  –  Mark 6:3

Fact of the Day

Yes & No!  Yes, Joseph had died.  But there was more to it than that.  Jesus had four brothers but they did not believe who Jesus was, meaning they also did not believe their own mother.  But John did believe and John was Jesus’ cousin.    It was natural for Mary to be more comforted with John because Salome, his mother, was Mary’s sister. 


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 6

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

While Simon of Cyrene carried Jesus’ cross, Jesus walked along with him.

Mark  15:22 – Mark 14:65  –   15:16-19

Fact of the Day

No!  He seems to have collapsed after that.  He had just been beaten by fists of the priests.  Then soldiers beat him on his head and whip lashed his back so much, it was now pure raw meat.  Then the soldiers brought Jesus to Golgotha.  The word “brought” in Greek is “carried” such as “carried a bowl”.  Jesus was so weak, they had to carry him up the hill and keep him alive long enough to kill him.



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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 3

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

In 30 AD, the man carrying a pitcher of water who showed the apostles the upper room for Jesus’ last supper, could have been a Gibeonite.

Mark 14:12-16  – Joshua 9:1-27

Fact of the Day

Around 1500 BC, Joshua was punishing the pagans (who lived in their “promised land” before the Jews did) for worshipping idols and practicing human sacrifice.  Some Amorite tribesmen (the Gibeonites) tricked him, so instead of being killed, were made water carrier slaves forever.
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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 4

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Jesus’ agony in the  Garden of Gethsemane was the only time Jesus agonized as much as he did.

Mark 14:33  –  Hebrews 5:7

Fact of the Day

No!  His whole life Jesus begged God with “loud cries” to not have to go through with his death.  (The Greek in Mark for “distress” is “horror”.)

 



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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ APRIL 1

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

In 30 AD, the man carrying a pitcher of water who showed the apostles the upper room for Jesus’ last supper, could have been a Gibeonite.

Mark 14:12-16  – Joshua 9:1-27

Fact of the Day

Around 1500 BC, Joshua was punishing the pagans (who lived in their “promised land” before the Jews did) for worshipping idols and practicing human sacrifice.  Some Amorite tribesmen (the Gibeonites) tricked him, so instead of being killed, were made water carrier slaves forever.
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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 31

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

The Creator re-created a man’s eyes?

John 1:1-4; 14  –  Matthew 15:30 – Matthew 8:2-3 – John 9:6

Fact of the Day

This man was born blind.  God made man from clay.  Jesus was the Creator (John 1:2).

Jesus healed the maimed, that meant he made arms and legs grow back. When Jesus healed leprosy, that meant he made healthy skin grow back.

When he formed the clay for the man’s eyes, was he making eyeballs for him?  Anophthalmia is a disease where a person is born without eyeballs.  About 1 in every 5,200 babies is born with this.


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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 28

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Surprise of the Day

The Creator re-created a man’s eyes?

John 1:1-4; 14  –  Matthew 15:30 – Matthew 8:2-3 – John 9:6

Fact of the Day

This man was born blind.  God made man from clay.  Jesus was the Creator (John 1:2).

Jesus healed the maimed, that meant he made arms and legs grow back. When Jesus healed leprosy, that meant he made healthy skin grow back.

When he formed the clay for the man’s eyes, was he making eyeballs for him?  Anophthalmia is a disease where a person is born without eyeballs.  About 1 in every 5,200 babies is born with this.


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ March 27

Things in the Bible not really in the Bible ...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

No prophet ever came from Galilee.

John 7:48-52 – 2 Kings 14:25  –  John 1:43-51

Fact of the Day

No!  Consider the source.  Who was saying this?  Look carefully. Also, notice what they call the worshipers:  A cursed mob that doesn’t even know the Law of Moses.  If they didn’t know, why had they traveled so far to come to the temple in Jerusalem for one of the major feasts of the Jews?

“The Pharisees retorted, “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” 

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”

Okay, so let’s “look into it.”  We find that Jonah was from Gath-Hepher, about three miles from Nazareth which was in Galilee.  Annnnd, the city of Capernaum means “city of Nahum”.  Hmmm…

The Jewish  religious leaders were power-hungry liars and killers!


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