Easter 2024 | Check the Rock | Tim Dilena
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- In "Check the Rock," Pastor Tim Dilena emphasizes the transformative power of Easter, urging listeners to choose the living Jesus over dead religious systems and to embrace the victorious life found in his resurrection.
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March 31, 2024 - Tim Dilena - Times Square Church
Because You Prayed | Check the Rock 
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This man is so full of the Holy Spirit and always encourages me in my walk with Jesus. I’ve checked the Rock!
I Chose Jesus Christ, who Is Alive 4Ever & those who Believe in Jesus, Lives 4Ever! 🙌🙏🙌
Tim is an excellent man of God. Bless Time Square Church!
❤From Danny in Ireland. Thanks Tim for sharing the truth through Jesus Christ our lord and saviour. TSC has been a blessing to me and my family for many years now. 🙏🙏😇
Happy Resurrection day to you in Ireland!!! God bless you and your family. He lives!!!
my hand is raised Pastor, we praise Him .
It’s very recomforting to be aware that our Savior is alive. It’s also very interesting that He’s coming back soon to take us with Him.
Greater is God’s Holy Spirit who Raised Jesus from the Dead, is in me! 🙌🙏🙌❤️🙏❤️😇😇😇
Amen
All praise,and honor and praise and glory goes to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Praise God!! Jesus has risen🙌
This message is so good!!!!CHECK THE ROCK!!!!
Dear Pastor, Thank you for your powerful word of God. We are blessed. From Singapore.
Check the rock, indeed. Happy Easter :)
Thank you for continuing to stand with me for my breakthrough. I am so eagerly waiting for God to show up...
Praise you Jesus name
Amen 🙏
Because Jesus Lives, I too can Live! HALLELUJAH 🙌🙏🙌
Tk u Pastor Tim. You are fantastic!!! HalleluYAH!!!
Amen!
Praise the Lord!!
Glory to our ROCK of all ages. Great Word Pastor Tim. God bless you and TSC family.
Tim is a Great communicator! Praise God!
Thank you
My Grand daughter Amara was taken to hospital in Florida bout 2 hrs ago her mother is requesting prayer
Praying for her Right Now.
Decide!!🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
Praise You Lord Jesus, thank You for dying for me, for saving me, for loving me, because of You my sins are forgiven and I know Father God and I'm baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit --
God bless you Pastor Tim, what a week, 441 souls saved during Good Friday, this morning, and the 1 pm service, and counting ✝️🙏❤️
Praise God for the reminder. CHECK THE ROCK.
Pray for career and business growth and baby born. Amen. From Malaysia
Amen🙏PTL🙌
Matthew 21:42,
Psalm 118:22-23 📖❤️❤️
…the Cornerstone🙌
HALLELUJAH TY JESUS 🙌❤️🙏
Love this church! It’s Alive and Amplified for Jesus Christ 🙌🏻
I LOVED THIS SO MUCH! Thank you pastor Tim 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
Pastor Tim, I love that you always take time to proclaim the gospel and give people the chance to receive Jesus Christ as Saviour n Lord. And you don’t rush it. May more pastors do this.
Pls share and like so we can spread the gospel and good news together
His name “ IS “ Jesus !!!!!!!!
@s.z.407 .... Hallelujah!! 😂
@@hinettw I know it was a mistake-but just wanted to say “ IS” into the spirit realm 😁
Jesus IS Alive -- right now, today!!! Jesus is not a 'was', someone a has been or had been. HE 'IS' ALIVE...
So could Pastor Tim! He lives 🙌🏿 Lord Jesus you get every day, not just Sunday.
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Wow! I've checked the Rock, Alleluia 🎉❤❤ praise the Lord!
Praise The Lord. He us Risen 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌 👍 👌
Jesus is alive and Risen…
Happy Easter!❤ He is RISEN! Pastor Tim's suit!👏🏽
I’m decided
I have been running from MS since i was diagnosed at 23, and I'm now 48. I was just saying a couple of days ago that people always ask me what is the worst part about having it, and I use to say my mind and being tired ALL the time, but in reality the worst part is coming to terms that it has caught me, and I'm scared.
Vegas
How did Easter begin did it begin isn't that called the resurrection what do these two things have in common
Decide
I absolutely love the modesty in the attire. Too many gospel artists are dressing like Beyonce while they think they're "worshipping" God, when in reality they are a distraction and causing the men of God to stumble with lust, fornication and adultery. God bless Charity and her ministry ❤❤
God's words❤ said.
Genesis 33:18-20❤
"18 And Jacob came safety
to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan,
on his way from Paddan- Aram, and he(Jacob😊❤) camped before the city.
19 And from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, he bought for a hundred pieces of money the piece of land on which he had pitched he had pitched his tent.
20 There he erected an altar and called it El- Elohe- Israel"( Genesis 33:18-20 ESV Study Bible)
( In Genesis 33:20b the term,
"El- Elohe- Israel " means
" God, the God of Israel." Jacob identified the God worshipped at this altar as One whom he ( Jacob) had encountersd at Peniel( face to face with God(😊100%❤) and who ( God😊100%❤) had changes his name(
name from Jacob to Israel(😊❤ in Christ)."( ESV Study Bible)
In Genesis 33:20 the word,
" altar" from my ESV Study Bible said,
" Preciously,
Abraham😊❤ had built an altar at Shechem. ( Do You remember Genesis 12:6-7?
" 6 Abram( later called by God😊100%❤ to Abraham😊❤) passed through the land to the place at Shechem( Do you see?), to the oak of Moreh.
At that time the Canaanites( no good) were in the land.
7 Then the LORD( or the Lord God😊❤) appeared to Abram(😊❤) and said, " To your offspring I will give this land."
So he( Abram or later called Abraham by God😊100%❤) built😊❤
an altar( " altar" related to Genesis 33:20's " altar"
Pause at Genesis 33:20a
" 20(a)There Jacob( Jacob's grandpa was Abraham becauae Abraham was father of Isaac and Isaac the father of Jacob, so Abraham was Jacob's grandfather. Now in Genesis 33:20 Abraham's grandson Jacob electedan altar and called it El- Elohe- Israel"( Genesis 33:20 ESV Study Bible)
Again Genesis 33:20
"20 There he( Jocab= one of Abraham's grandson= Jacob) erected an altar and called it El- Elohe- Israel( " El Elohe- Israel" means
" God😊100%❤, the God of Israel😊❤" ESV Study Bible)"
( Genesis 33:20 ESV Study Bible)
Jesus😊1st❤ said in John 10:30
John 10:30
" I (😊1st❤)
and the Father( God😊100%❤, our Father in heaven😊❤) are one😊❤)."( John 10:30 ESV Study Bible Amen to what Jesus😊1st❤ said in John 10:30😊❤).
Matthew 21:1-11( The Triumphal Entry)
"21 Now when they draw near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus (😊1st❤) sent two disciples,
2saying to them, " Go into the village in front of you, immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, " The Lord( Jesus😊1st❤) needs them,' and he will send them at once."
4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, "
"5 " Say to the daughter of Zion,
' Behold, your king is coming to you,
humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.' "
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus(😊1st❤) had directed them.
7 They bought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.
8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
9 And the crowds that went before him and
followed him(Jesus😊1st❤) were shouting,
" Hossana to the Son of David! Blessed
is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hossana in the highest!
10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying,
" Who is this? "
11 And the crowds said,
" This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee." "( Matthew 21:1-11 ESV Study Bible)
Do you also remember Matthew 16:16-17😊❤?
Matthew 16:16-17(😊❤)
"16Simon Peter replied( replied Jesus😊1st❤ from Matthew 16:15),
" You are the Christ(" Christ" means Messiah= Jesus(😊1st❤)
or the Annointed One),
the Son of the living( " living God" ) God."
17 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered him, " Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you( Peter),
but my Father(God😊100%❤, our Father in heaven) who is in heaven(😊❤)."( Matthew 16:16-17 ESV Study Bible)
Jesus😊1st❤ said in John 10:30
John 10:30
" I (😊1st❤)
and the Father( God😊100%❤, our Father in heaven😊❤) are one😊❤)."( John 10:30 ESV Study Bible Amen to what Jesus😊1st❤ said in John 10:30😊❤).
Sorry
How about the look of that cross, and the choice of colors chosen. Considering that it was also transgender day. of visibility.
Matthew 22:41-46(Whose Son is the Christ?)
"41 Now while the pharisees were gather together, Jesus(😊1st❤) asked them a question,
42 saying,
" What do you think about the Christ? Who son is he?"
They said to him,
" The son of David."
43 He( Jesus😊1st❤) said to them, " How is then that David❤, in the Spirit(😊❤), call him Lord( Jesus😊1st❤),
saying,
44 " The Lord said to my Lord,
" Sit at the right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet"?
45 If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"
46 And no one was able to answer him a word, not from that day did anyone dare to ask him( Jesus😊❤ our Lord and our savior in Christ) any more questions."( Matthew 22:41-46 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 22:42a ( Jesus asked.)
"42 saying,
" What do you think about the Christ? Who son is he?" ..."( Matthew 22:42a ESV Study Bible)
More update in Christ.
Romans 8:12-17( Heirs with Christ( Jesus😊1st❤)
" 12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh to live according to the flesh.
13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit( Holy Spirit😊❤) of God (😊100%❤)
are sons
(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤)
of God(😊100%❤).
15 For you did not receive the Spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,
but😊❤ you have received the Spirit( Holy Spirit our helper😊❤ in Christ) of adoption as sons(
😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤
😊❤), by whom we cry, " Abba Father! " "( ESV Study Bible )
This is why sometimes you see me pray with Dear Abba Father in heaven... in Jesus'name, i pray( Romans 8:16-17) Amen.
Back to Romans 8:16-17
"16 The Spirit himselt bear witness with our spirit that we are children
(😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤😊❤
😊❤) of God(😊100%❤),
17 and if children(😊❤'s) then heirs- heirs of God(😊100%❤)
and fellow heirs with Christ( Jesus😊1st❤our Lord and our savior in Christ), provided we suffer with him in order😊❤ that we may also be glorified😊❤ with him( Jesus😊1st❤). "( Romans 8:16-17 ESV Study Bible and above all in all above meant to share❤ Romans 8:12-17 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ and for Christ Jesus😊1st❤ too in Christ😊❤. Mainly focus in Jesus😊1st❤ in Romans 8:14-17😊❤
, 16-17😊❤
but also compel in Christ to share Romans 8:12-17 too to be complete in Christ😊❤.
Genesis 35:9-15
"9 God(😊100%❤) appeared to Jacob😊❤ again , when he came from Paddan- Aram, and blessed him.
10 And God said to him, " Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob but Israel😊
❤ shall be your name." So he called his name Israel
😊❤.
11 And God said to him( Israel😊❤), " I am God Almighty😊❤( Do you also remember Genesis 17:1-2; Genesis 17:5-6; Genesis 28:3-4?) : be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
12 The land that I gavw to Abraham😊❤ and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you."
13 Then God(😊100%❤) went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
14 And Jacob(😊❤) set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
15 So Jacob( Israel😊❤) called the name of the place where God(😊100%❤) had spoken with him Bethel."( Genesis 35:9-15 ESV Study Bible)
John 14:6😊❤
John 14:6❤😊
" 6 Jesus answered,
" I am
the way ❤😊
and
the truth ❤😊
and
the life😊❤.
No one
comes
to the Father( God, our Father in heaven )
except
through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.). Amen.
Genesis 35:9-15
"9 God(😊100%❤) appeared to Jacob😊❤ again , when he came from Paddan- Aram, and blessed him.
10 And God said to him, " Your name is Jacob; no longer shall your name be called Jacob but Israel😊
❤ shall be your name." So he called his name Israel
😊❤.
11 And God said to him( Israel😊❤), " I am God Almighty😊❤( Do you also remember Genesis 17:1-2; Genesis 17:5-6; Genesis 28:3-4?) : be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body.
12 The land that I gavw to Abraham😊❤ and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you."
13 Then God(😊100%❤) went up from him in the place where he had spoken with him.
14 And Jacob(😊❤) set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
15 So Jacob( Israel😊❤) called the name of the place where God(😊100%❤) had spoken with him Bethel."( Genesis 35:9-15 ESV Study Bible)
John 14:6😊❤
John 14:6❤😊
" 6 Jesus answered,
" I am
the way ❤😊
and
the truth ❤😊
and
the life😊❤.
No one
comes
to the Father( God, our Father in heaven )
except
through me."( John 14:6😊❤ Zondervan NIV Study Bible.Amen.). Amen.
Symbols amd colors 😢
Genesis 34:1-4 from Genesis 34:1-31( The defiling of Dinah)
"34 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the women of the land."( Genesis 34:1 ESV Study Bible and pause in Christ in Genesis 34:2a
"2( a)
And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land,..."( Genesis 34:2a ESV Study Bible) ( "Hivite, the prince of the land,..."( Genesis 34:2a ESV Study Bible) According to my ESV Study Bible in hands in Christ, it said, " was clearly a figure of some importance in Shechem. His status later allowed him to persuade all the men of the city to be circumcised. While Hamor's son Shechem( o r "...Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite,... "(from Genesis 34:2 a ESV Study Bible) is intially drawn to Dinah by lust( lust no good), he now desires to hold on to her as his wife.( no good again)"( ESV Study Bible)
Now back to Genesis 34:2-4
"2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he ( no good Shechem) seized her( Dinah) and lay with her and humiliated her.
3 And his soul was her.
4 So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor( the Havite, no good) saying, " Get me this girl for my wife."( quoted what Shechem said in quotes) "( Genesis 34:1-4 ESV Study Bible)
The Bible said do not covet other's or your neighbor's wife remembering of
Exodus 20:17( from within the Ten commandments in Exodus 20:1-21( The Ten Commandments) ESV Study Bible and if you miss this part, God's word it also appeared in Deuteronomy 5:21( from also within the Ten commandments from Deuteronomy 5:1-33( The Ten commandnents from ESV Study Bible)
Now just plainly listen to God's words in Exodus 20:17 and Deuteronomy 5:21.
"
Exodus 20:17
"17 You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife,
or
his male servant,
or his female servant,
or his ox,
or his( " his") donkey,
or anything ( " or anything") that is your neighbor's ." "( Exodus 20:17 ESV Study Bible)
Now if you miss that, we can go to Deuteronomy 5:21 what God said or told Moses to said in Deuteronomy 5:21
"21 " ' And you shall not covet your neighbor's wife. And you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's' "( Deuteronomy 5:21 ESV Study Bible)
Today do you also know who your neighbor is?
Jesus said love your neighbor as yourselves remember?
This time i use the gospel of Mark in Christ.
Mark 12:31
Mark 12:30-31. First i will share Mark 12:30-31 then go one verse backward to Jesus said the only words are not Jesus said within Mark 12:29 is " Jesus answered, ..." from Mark 12:29a ESV Study Bible the rest is what Jesus said in Mark 12:29b-31 and end with John 10:30 hope you too see what i see too a little in Christ. In Jesus'name, i pray( Mark 12:30-31, Mark 12:29-31( include John 10:30); Mark 10:31; John 10:30) Amen.
Now Mark 12:30-31
" 30And you shall love the Lord(my Lord is Jesus😊1st❤) your God(😊100%❤) with all your heart( 100%❤) and with all your soul( 100% soul❤
) and with all your mind( 100% mind❤
in Christ) and with all your strength( 100% strength❤).'
31 The second is this:
' You shall love your neigbhor as( "as" means like) yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these( two great commandments Jesus said.)."( Mark 12:30-31 ESV Study Bible)
Mark 12:29-31 under the great commandment from Mark 12:28-34( The Great Commandment) in Christ❤.
Now like i said before, Mark 12:29-31
"29 Jesus(😊1st❤) answered,
" The most important is, " Hear, O Israel(❤): The Lord our God, the Lord is one."( ESV Study Bible also Do you remember John 10:30 we share many times before under John 10:22-42( I and the Father( God, our Father in heaven ) are One)
So John 10:30 the Bible or Jesus😊1st❤) said
"30 I and Father(God😊100%❤our Father😊100%❤ in heaven) are one." "( John 10:30 ESV Study Bible)
Again back to Mark 10:30-31 from Mark 10:29 above in Christ
Mark 12:30-31
"30And you shall love the Lord(my Lord is Jesus😊1st❤) your God(😊100%❤) with all your heart( 100%❤) and with all your soul( 100% soul❤
) and with all your mind( 100% mind❤
in Christ) and with all your strength( 100% strength❤).'
31 The second is this:
' You shall love your neigbhor as( "as" means like) yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these( two great commandments Jesus said.)."( above in all were Mark 12:30-31, and 12:29-31 ESV Study Bible) in Christ.
Again
Mark 10:31
"31 The second is this:
' You shall love your neigbhor as( "as" means like) yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these( two great commandments Jesus said.)."( Mark 10:31 ESV Study Bible)
The Bible or Jesus😊1st❤our Lord(Jesus😊1st❤)
and our savior(Jesus😊1st❤)
said
"30 I and Father(God😊100%❤our Father in heaven) are one." "( John 10:30 ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 21:18-22
(Jesus😊1st curses the Fig tree)
"18 In the morning, as he(Jesus😊1st❤)
was returning to the city, he(Jesus😊1st❤) became hungry.
19 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he(Jesus😊1st❤) went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it,
" May no fruit ever come from you again! " And the fig tree withered at once.
20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?"
21 And Jesus(😊1st❤) answered them,
" Truly, I say to you,
if you
have faith( trust in Jesus😊1st❤)
and
do not doubt( " do not doubt"), you will not only do what has done to the fig tree,
but even if you say to this mountain be taken up and thrown into the sea, it will happen.
22 And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you
have faith( trust in Jesus😊1st❤ and trust in God too of the Bible because John 10:30 😊❤). " "( Matthew 21:18-22 ESV Study Bible and all parenthesis parts and symbols in Christ is for and in Christ Jesus(😊1st❤) too in Christ😊❤.
Do you also have faith( trust) in Jesus😊1st❤ that move mountain today too in Christ?
I do in Christ. Do you have faith in Jesus(😊1st❤ ) too in Christ today?
Genesis 34:18-24
" 18 Their( Jacob's sons) words please Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem.
19 And the young man did not delay to do the thing , because he delighted in Jacob's( Israel❤'s) daughter.
Now he was the most honored of all his father's house.
20 So Hamor( why does his father go through this with his son( shechem) for a single woman? Didn't look like good ending later. Lesson learn for us in Do not fight over a woman and no lust for other woman either. In Jesus'name, i pray( John 13:34 and continue to be holy in Christ :) and no greed in Christ too :) ) Amen. ) and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
21 " These men are at peace with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters as wives, and let us give them our daughters.
22 only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us to become one people- when every male among us is circumcised."( cut a man's private part's foreskin= circumcised according to Jewish tradition a boy is circumised after the 8th days. Jesus(😊1st❤) was a Jew too and Jesus did that to followed custum at His time in Christ and today in many hospital many babies also doing that too :) )
"23
Will not their livestock, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."
24 And all who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male( cuting of Ding Dong's foreskin, i meant a male's private part's foreskin), all who went out of the gate of his city."( Genesis 34:18-24 ESV Study Bible and all parenethesis parts meant to motivate to learn God's words in Christ with symbol of love in Christ Jesus(😊1st❤) too in and for Christ. A little of humor here and there to help learning in more fun in God's words now tied back to Jesus(😊1st❤) in the New Testament in Christ, the Bible said under the context of Luke 2:1-7( The birth of Jesus Christ( Jesus(😊1st❤)); Luke 2:8-21( The Shepherds
(😊❤'s) and the angels(😊❤'s)
)
, in Luke 2:21
" And at the end of the eight days, when he ( Jesus(😊1st❤) our savior in Christ😊❤) was circumcised, he( Jesus😊1st❤) was called Jesus(😊1st❤), the name given by the angel( " angel"=Gabriel from God(😊100%❤) from Luke 1:31 ) before he was conceived in the womb."( Luke 2:21 ESV Study Bible).
Do you want to know what Luke 1:31 said again too?
Luke 1:31
" And behold(😊❤)
, you( Mary😊❤) will conceive in your womb and bear a son( Jesus😊1st❤ our savior in Christ), and you shall call his name Jesus(😊1st❤)."( Luke 1:31 ESV Study Bible)
Keep listening in Christ
Luke 1:32-33
"32 He(Jesus😊1st❤) will be great(😊1st❤) and will be called the Son (Jesus😊1st❤) of the Most High. And the Lord God(😊100%❤) will give the throne of his father David(😊❤), and he(Jesus😊1st❤) will reign over the house of Jacob forever(❤), and of his( Jesus') kingdom((😊❤) there will be no end." "( Luke 1:32-33 ESV Study Bible. Amen.) Pro- Jesus(😊1st❤) in Christ.
Matthew 22:1-14( The Parable of the wedding Feast)
"22 And again Jesus (😊1st❤) spoke to them in parables, saying,
2 " The Kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,
3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.
4 Again he sent others servants, saying,
" Tell those who are invited, " See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast."
5 But they paid no attention and went off,
one to his farm,
another to his business,
6 while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
7 The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.
8 Then he said to his servants,
"The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
9
Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.
10 And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall has filled with guests.
11 But the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.
12 And he said to him,
" Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?
And he was speechless.
13 Then the king said to the attendants, bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14 For many are called,
but a few are chosen." "( Matthew 22:1-14ESV Study Bible)
1 Peter 2:9
" 9 But you are
a chosen race😊❤,
a royal pristhood😊❤,
a holy nation😊❤,
a people😊❤ for his😊❤ own possession😊❤,
that you may😊❤
proclaim( "proclaim" or declare or proclaim😊❤
the excellencies😊❤ of him😊❤ who(😊100%❤)
called you( "you" or us today too in Christ
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤😊❤
😊❤
😊❤
😊❤)
out of darkeness into his😊❤ marvelous😊❤ light😊❤."( 1 Peter 2:9 ESV Study Bible)
Speaking of light, Jesus our Lord(Jesus😊1st❤)
and our savior(Jesus😊1st❤) said he(Jesus😊1st❤) is the light of the world. Jesus said and the Bible said, in
John 8:12( under the context of I Am the Light of the world( John 8:12-30( I Am the Light of the world) the Bible said in
John 8:12
"12 Again Jesus(😊1st❤) spoke😊❤
to them❤,
saying,
" I am the light of the world. Whoever( " whoever" means anyone😊❤) follows 😊❤ me😊❤ will not walk in darkness, but 😊❤
will have 😊❤
the light😊❤ of life😊❤."( John 8:12 ESV Study Bible. Amen to what Jesus said in John 8:12 and what our Lord, Jesus😊1st ❤ said in John 8:12b ESV Study Bible)
Matthew 22:15-22( Paying Taxes to Caesar)
"15 Then the pharisees went and plotted how to entangled him in his words.
16 And they their disciples to him, and along with the Herodians, saying, " Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care what anyone's opinion, for you do not swayed by appearances.
17 Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
18 But Jesus(😊
1st❤) aware of their malice, said, " Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?
19 Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.( a word-study Later on " denarius" beside knowning a Roman coin day's wage back at Jesus' time. Now in Matthew 22:29, ( any coin collectors out there? In the past, i used to buy special but cheap- coins or inexpensive coins from different places I do not go there anymore, so what my ESV Study Bible, said make sense for i used to collected different currency of American - coins, other coins as one my hobbies in the past and American old stamps too which i purchased by God's grace His given job to me on my own salary paid in Christ in the past and gave many away to those stamps to bankers who like to collect old- stamps around the world but mainly American old stamps and some are bilingual coins ( again past that no longer collecting them, just for fun and learning new things from coin and supporting one the coins- shop from that old man. It is rare for him that old but selling different coins around the world. Compassion for him and helping an old man who speak different languages i don't know him at all), i gave away most my collected stamps to others for free too so in Matthew 22:19b on the word " Denarius
" According to my ESV Study Bible said, " On One side of the silver Denarius, was a profile of Tiberius Caesar, with the Latin inscription " Tiberius Caesar, son of the divine Augustus" around the coin's perimeter. On the opposite side was a picture of the Roman goddness of peace, pax, with the Latin inscripture " High Priest" " ( quoted from my on hand ESV Study Bible with that Romans silver Denarius" coin knowledge in mind in Christ and go to the next verse in Matthew 22:20-22
"20 And Jesus(😊
1st❤) to them" Who likeness and inscription is this? "
21 They said, " Caesar's."
Then he(Jesus😊1st❤)
said to them,
Therefore rendered to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's."
22 When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away." ( Matthew 22:15-22 ESV Study Bible)
Again follow what Jesus said. When they replied, " Caesar's "
Or
From Zondervan NIV Study Bible
" 21 " Caesar's, " they replied. Then he said to them, " Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God(😊
100%❤) what is God's . " " ( Matthew 22:21 Zondervan NIV Study Bible)
It will be nice have Sunday School teachers to get a denarius coin in person to teach younger ones( children) in Christ on the lesson on Matthew 22:15-22(paying Taxes to Caesar) and in near where I live now there only a few coin shops and that old man speak both English/ Cantonese and His children I also gave his grandchilren healthy candies when I got permission from their grandparents / the children' parents' permission first, their children are Asian- American and it 's good to kind to people whether people see you or not, but I think God sees us that all it matters in Christ. Why do we buys coins and stamps and give it others for free. The smiles from others' face like this(😊❤) is the best return without string attached at all. We in Christ are attached to unreserve- God and trust in Jesus(😊1st❤) our Lord and our savior in Christ for Jesus(😊1st❤) bind followers of Christ and Christians together in Christ and Ephesians 4:1-16( Unity in the body of Christ(Jesus😊1st❤) love it in Christ and we are
binded by Jesus(😊1st❤) connect us together and connect us to God who enable us to give to others beyond our own understanding without reserve and also be smart in loving in Christ too. Ephesians 2:8(😊❤). God gave us His Son ( Jesus😊1st❤)and Jesus paid in full on the cross and came back to give us his( Jesus' ) resurrection of hope in Jesus(😊1st❤) for Jesus(😊1st❤)
gave us his life so what can we not also give to others today? At the same set good boundaries in Christ and also give to others ( we might not know well) Seen or unseen in Christ.
Anyways,
What do you think using a denarius coin as one of the props in helping in teaching in Christ to children in Matthew 22:15-22( Paying taxes to Caesar) like Jesus said, "... Give to Caesar what is Caesar's , and to God what is God's." "( Matthew 22:21b Zondervan NIV Study Bible) if can't get real one then try a legal replica coin for teaching and learning purposes. Just when Jesus washed His disciples ' feet we used to use a bucket and some dry towel( s) too in Christ
This meant for those in Christ.
Genesis 34:25-31
"25 On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi,
" Dinah's brothers, took their sword and came against the city while it felt secure and killed all the males.
26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah out Shechem's house and went away.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain and plundered the city, because they had defiled their sister.
28 They took their flocks and their herds, as their donkeys, and whatever was in the city and in the field.
29 All their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and plundered.
30 Then Jacob(❤)
said to Simeon and Levi,
" You have brought trouble on me by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household."
31 But they said, " Should he treat our sister like a prostitute? " "( Genesis 34:25-31 ESV Study Bible. That is that in Christ)
Speaking of of the word, " Prostitute? "
It reminds me about what Jesus said in
Matthew
21:31
Under the parable of the two sons in Matthew 21:28-32( The Parable of the two sons)
Matthew 21:31
"31 Which of the two did the will of his father? " They said, " The first," Jesus(😊
1st❤)
said to them, " Truly(😊
❤), I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom (😊❤) of God(😊
100%❤) before you."( Matthew 21:31 ESV Study Bible)
Keep listening or reading in Christ
Matthew 21:32
"32 For John(John the Baptist😊❤
)came to you in the way of rightousness(😊❤), and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believes him(😊
❤)
. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him."( Matthew 21:32 ESV Study Bible)
Amen