Rambling Through Scripture

  Jesus Sends Demons To The Pigs Part 2 Matthew 8:28 - 34; Mark 5:1 - 20; Luke 8:26 - 39 I come back with a part two to this rambling through scripture because I was asked a question by a reader.  I enjoy engaging with others concerning scripture.  They bring something extra to the table and a different insight to the passage being looked at.   What I have found is if one person has questions there are many others that are likely questioning the same thing.  I feel it is important to share their question and my answer to them.   I have taken the liberty to rephrase the question in order to keep the person's identity concealed.  The individual is amazed and awed by the authority shown by Jesus so their question does not diminish the miracle but there question is a legitimate one to ask.   The question asked was really a two part question.   Part one is why would Jesus send the demons into a heard of pigs and off a cliff?  Part t...

 Jesus Sends Demons To The Pigs Matthew 8:28 - 34; Mark 5:1 - 20; Luke 8:26 - 39 The above passages tell the story of Jesus healing a demon possessed man and sending the demons into pigs that were near by.  If there was a time in scripture to dig deeper than the surface it is in reading these three accounts of the event.  For if we remain on the surface we could begin to question the Bible concerning not being contradictory.  There are times we need to look deeper to bring understanding and remove or at the very least reduce confusion. When reading scripture we often stay on the surface and fail to fully pray for understanding as we read scripture.  Sometimes it pays to go mining for deeper nuggets of truth and chew on the meat of the Word.  Often this will require more research and study than many of us want to do.  We will often either stay on the surface and stay with the milk of the Word or we will become frustrated and  throw the Bible away i...

Raven Genesis 8:7 I have three different Bible studies that I lead each week.  What I have enjoyed most about these Bible studies is being challenged by the participants to dig deeper.  Being a third generation minister and having been saved since I was five there is much that I simply take for granted.  The Bible said it that settles it.  There are other things I don't always see as significant as others.  So as we are going through the studies the participants point out things that I have not really considered.    In one of the studies we were reading in Genesis chapter 8 concerning when Noah released the birds to see how far the flood waters had gone down.  The first bird he released was the raven.  I was asked why did he release the raven first?  I will admit it never occurred to me to ask that question in my life.  I did not have an immediate answer.  I did a quick search but the quick answer I found was not satisfactory t...