But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.’He said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.And he said unto them, Go and say to that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.
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… Jesus to stop his ministry by telling him, quote, King Herod wants to kill you, end quote. Now, in Luke chapter 13, verse 32 and 33, we find Jesus' response. When they came and they're trying to intimidate Jesus and get him to stop doing, to stop keeping on, keeping on. And here's what Jesus said. He said, I want you to go back to Herod. He called him that old fox. And he said, I want you to tell King Herod this. This is the verse on your outline, quote, I'm willing, I will keep on driving out demons. I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow and on the next day, and then I'll reach my goal. In any case, Jesus says, I must keep going. Do you hear that? I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day. Jesus said, nothing's going to stop me, least of all a fear of somebody else or some kind of criticism or opposition. So Jesus had the quality of resilience and endurance and determination to keep on keeping on. The second example we have is the determination of Paul. And Paul was determined to keep going in spite of pain. We find that in 2 Corinthians 4, verses 8 and 9. It's there on your outline. …
… I will keep on driving out demons. I'm going to keep on healing people today and tomorrow. and on the third day I will reach my goal. What's he talking about the third day? The third day when he rose from the grave and got up from the tomb. Clap if you believe that Jesus is alive. Come on, hallelujah. He said, verse 33, in any case, I must press on today and I must press on tomorrow and the next day for surely no prophet can die outside of Jerusalem. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you. How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me again until you shout, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Write down point number two today. You can resist or you can repent. …
… Then he holds out his hands for the cuffs, as it were, turning his face to the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it. this isn't just a sad story i think it is a scary story at least for those who claim jesus as their exemplar if he's the one we're meant to emulate the implications are chilling open your wings to people who mean to kill you heal the hurt of a guy who's come to arrest you Stop one of your friends from treating an armed posse like the enemy when that's clearly how they see you. Maybe I've just watched too many Star Wars movies lately. Or maybe I need to cut back on the news. I mean, it's never good. No one wants to hear how a pit bull bit no one today anywhere. Or how the local school board is modeling bipartisanship at its best. Things like that actually show up in the twice weekly newspaper where I live. …
and lighten us with your celestial fire. For if you are with us, then nothing else matters. And if you are not with us, then nothing else matters. Be with us, we pray, in the name of your beloved. Amen. Abram believed the Lord and the Lord reckoned it to him as righteousness. There may be no other sentence in the Old Testament that means more to followers of the new. God told Abraham that he and Sarah would have millions of descendants, as many as the stars in the heavens. even though there was absolutely no proof that that would come true. Abraham believed God, and that was enough to make him righteous in God's eyes. Abraham did not have to fight any battles, follow any commandments, love any neighbors, or give up anything for Lent. All he had to do was believe what God told him, so Abraham did, and God reckoned that made him right. Forever after that, from the Apostle Paul to Billy Graham From Martin Luther to Martin Luther King Jr. …