Ken Winter Ken Winter

Every student knows that once you have been given instruction, most often, you will be put to the test. God—the Master Instructor—does the same thing.

When the religious expert asked Jesus who his neighbor was, he was attempting to justify his own actions. He was looking for a definition of “neighbor” that included everyone he felt comfortable loving and excluded those he did not. Jesus’s answer was as much for us today as it was for him.

When Simon the sorcerer witnessed the miracles performed by Philip, he did not demonstrate faith in the Word of God; rather, he placed his faith in the miracles themselves.

The Pharisees' first accusation was a challenge to His authority.

We’re not told Simon the Pharisee’s purpose for inviting Jesus into his home. We don’t know if he was a sincere seeker like Nicodemus—wanting to truly get to know Jesus, or whether he had some ulterior motive in mind.

The hour had come. It was very late. Jesus had led the disciples to a garden called Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives so He could pray … and they could pray with Him. They were unaware that a teenage boy had secretly followed them and was hiding in the bushes.