The Skeptic’s Curse Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: The Skeptic's Curse ------------------------------- Date: 10/10/2002 Keywords: "fruit" "hunger" "see" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Luke 4:22-26* 22. And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, "Is this not Joseph's son?" 23. And He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your home town as well.'" 24. And He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his home town. 25. "But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; 26. and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. Questions 1. Why do you suppose Jesus didn't even bother to perform miracles in his home town?   2. What do you think you know about Jesus' power to help you?   Practical help "Yeah, Yeah. I've heard about Jesus. But I need something modern and relevant to deal with my porn habit" — the skeptic's refrain. Jesus' response to the skeptic was the same as His Holy Father's many years before. Don't waste time on hearts so full of assumed knowledge that there's not a milliliter left for faith. Don't let what you think you know about Jesus get in the way of an opportunity for real change. Jesus expects one thing from you — your faith that He's the one who will help you. Turn your skeptic's curse into faith's blessing. Trust Jesus. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2002 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission." ---