The word “crowd” appears 200 times in The Bible. One “crowd” was offered two choices in Mt 9:32-38: “A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus, and when the demon was driven out, the mute man spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
That fact was disputed by those who wanted to keep getting “crowd” donations: “But the Pharisees said, ‘He drives out demons by the prince of demons.’”
For 2,000 years, the “Christian crowd” has believed all 36,450 Words of Jesus in The Bible are true: “Jesus is The Prophesied Messiah. He cannot tell a lie.”
For 2,000 years, there have been two “Christian crowds.”
The “Catholic crowd” is blessed to live by The Truth of The Church-Creating Decree of Jesus to His First Catholic Pope: “And I say unto you thou art Peter and on this rock I build My Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I give you the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven.” The “Catholic crowd” loves Jesus enough to be in The One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church that is the everlasting echo of His Church-Creating Word.
The “Protestant crowd” avoids The Church-Creating Word of Jesus. They congratulate each other for sharing the one belief they all have: “I know more than Jesus about that!”
Jesus tells how they may be helped to believe more meaningfully in Him: “Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, His heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask The Master Of The Harvest to send out laborers for His harvest.”
Jesus wants “the Catholic crowd” to plead with God for more Catholic priests and religious to reach out to the “Protestant crowd” so they may have “the keys to The Kingdom of Heaven”, which include the Seven Catholic Sacraments, that He died to leave on earth.
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Today’s Simple Rhyme: “Jesus Christ / is always right.”
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