Category Archives: 2022

2022, FYI

An Overview

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Just a little reminder for interested parties – Readers.

Perhaps you have noticed The White Stone offers more reading pages than the Home Page. 
Contained in the Sidebar are many titles, some with videos and articles by other Writers.

But a couple of those pages are for additional things I write. Like NOTES.  I added to that page just today.
It is a page that houses–well, notes that I make from Scripture passages I have read. It’s limited in content right now but who knows — it might expand. I hope it will be of interest to you.

KWT’s Back Page Musings is mine as well.
Notes

2022, Gospel of John, Questions

Like Nobody’s Business

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Good Morning or afternoon as it may be where you are.
Perhaps it’s Friday for you.
At this posting, it is for me.

Three (3) more days in January 2022!
Life is but a vapor, isn’t it? 

This being so, how should we live?
This being so, what comes next?

 

What did JESUS say? 

2022, Gospel of Mark, Gospel of Matthew, Questions

Just Go For the Relief

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I think I don’t have a lot to say tonight for Thursday morning.

Mark 15: 23 and they gave him wine spiced with myrrh, but he didn’t take it. source

JESUS is a Man of His Word. 

Matthew 26: 29 I tell you, I will not drink this ‘fruit of the vine’ again until the day I drink new wine with you in my Father’s Kingdom.” source

Do you see it? 

Until the day I drink new wine with you in my Father’s Kingdom. 

Even in indescribable physical pain, He refused what could have at least dulled the throbbing a little.
Why?
Perhaps there are reasons far deeper than I am presenting here but Keeping His Word is pretty big to me.
You see I think we fallen humans often dismiss statements we have previously made when those restrictive conditions later get in the way of our comfort and we just go for the relief.
GOD doesn’t do that. 

GOD keeps His Word period!
Aren’t you glad? 

2022, Gospel of Mark, It's a Bonus Post, Romans

Cocky hypocrites —

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Mark 15

 As soon as it was morning, the head cohanim held a council meeting with the elders, the Torah-teachers and the whole Sanhedrin. Then they put Yeshua in chains, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.  source

cohanim – Priest
Torah-teachers – Scribes
Sanhedrin – Counsel 

Friends, look at that. 
These cocky hypocrites I could think of another word or two but I will spare us – these blind, lost souls think they are so powerful, so important, so in charge that they put the Creator of the Universe, The King of Glory in chains and led Him away to be tried in the Courts of Men. 

It is they who were on trial and it is they who were guilty – I’ll say it. Guilty as hell. 
But so were WE until we repented and believed. Just as guilty. Just as undone. Just as needy. Just as helpless. 

Mull it over if you will–just how cocky, arrogant, and stupid mankind is when they (we) think we can war against the GOD of Creation, overpower Him, reduce Him to less than He is and declare ourselves wiser, smarter, and more powerful than He. 
But alas for 3 days it looked like they did do just that.  (Mark 16:5-7)
And often it still looks that way. 
But don’t be fooled, my Friends. 
JESUS is The KING OF GLORY and He will come and make all things Right when the time is right. 

Hold steady and believe — TRUST.
Hold steady to Scripture. 
Believe what you know and occupy yourself learning what you don’t — yet. 

And that my Friends is what I have so far from verse 1. 

Be encouraged. 
Open your Bibles and read. 

Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.