Catholics see how much Jesus Christ could get done in One Day after His Baptism. And, we can see He also empowered His Disciples to make the best use of their time on earth.
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Question 1: “What ‘amazing’ thing do Catholics find in The Bible?”
Answer: “We find The Book of Matthew, Chapters 12 and 13.”
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Question 2: “What is so ‘amazing’ about them?”
Answer: “Catholics realize those two chapters describe One Day in The Life of Jesus Christ on earth!”
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Question 3: “What?”
Answer: “Start reading at the beginning of The One Day described in Mt. 12:1. ‘At that time, Jesus took a walk one Sabbath day through the cornfields. . .’ Then, He did all these things in One Day!:
1. Explained how David’s followers, and His, could ‘gather food and eat on the Sabbath’.
2. Told the world that He is ‘The Son of Man’.
3. Informed us that ‘Mercy is better than sacrifice’.
4. Cured a man in a synagogue and cured a man with a withered hand while explaining ‘I am The Master of The Sabbath’.
5. Knew that His Truths were leading the Pharisees to ‘destroy’ Him, so he went to a nearby ‘district’.
6. Cured many who ‘followed’ Him there, fulfilling Isaiah 1:42.
7. Cured a blind and dumb ‘demoniac’.
8. Explained that ‘He Is One With God in doing His Work and is stronger than Satan’.
9. Explained that those who are not ‘with’ Him are ‘against’ Him, a lesson for Willful Protestants of every age.
10. Explained how lesser sins may be ‘forgiven’, but sins against Truth personified in The Holy Spirit could not be ‘forgiven’.
12. Explained that we answer for every wrong word we have spoken or written on Judgment Day.
13. Prophesied His similarity to Jonah and His Resurrection.
14. Explained how those who did not follow Him would be condemned.
15. Explained about ‘unclean spirits’ would return in great numbers to corrupt those in the ‘evil generation’.
16. Continued ‘speaking to the crowds’ when explaining that His ‘true brethren’ were those who obeyed ‘the will of My Father’.
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Question 4: “Jesus did All That in one day?”
Answer: “He did more! That One Day was not over because the first verse of Mt. 13 begins: ‘That same day, . . ‘:
17. ‘Jesus left the house and sat in a boat and spoke to the people’.
18. Explained how those who did good works were ‘rewarded’ in proportion to their obedience.
19. Explained why He spoke in ‘parables’ to people and ‘revealed the mysteries of The Kingdom’ to those who would soon be His First Catholic priests and Bishops.
17. Explained about ‘good seed’ He was ‘sowing’ and told us that evil people grew into useless ‘weeds who would be burned’ after the ‘harvest’.
18. Explained that ‘the kingdom of Heaven’ is a ‘treasure’ that can be found and embraced in preference to all things of the world.
19. Explained how angels at Judgment would keep good souls for Heaven and throw bad souls into a ‘blazing furnace’.
20. Explained that a ‘good householder’ would bring ‘good things’ out from the Old Testament and The New.
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Question 4: “Was that One Day over yet?”
Answer: “It’s hard to tell! Chapter 13 ends with a visit to Nazareth, a ‘district’ a few miles away. The ‘visit’ could have taken place that evening! That’s when Jesus explained:
21: ‘A prophet is only despised in his own country and in his own house’. Jesus explained that such a ‘lack of faith’ keeps many from receiving His ‘miracles’.”
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Catholics see what many do not! We see how much Jesus Christ and His followers got done in One Day!
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