Matthew 19:26 says With God, all things are possible. So Nim knows whatever challenge he must face, he can accomplish anything because God is with him.
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Matthew 9:9-13 shows us that we should seek out those who need God the most. Abby misses an opportunity to tell a non-believer about the love of Christ.
9 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
10 Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.
11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum?”
12 When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.”
13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.”
Abby: I went to a dinner party last week and was seated next to an athiest.
Jerry: How did that go?
Abby: We had nothing in common so we didn't say a word to each other.
Jerry: You should have used it as an opportunity to witness. Jesus ate with the tax collectors and sinners. Remember his words: "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick."
Abby: Oh, he wasn't sick. He was just an unbeliever.
Matthew 9:9-13 shows us that we should seek out those who need God the most.
Nim: Can a rich person get into Heaven?
Con: Sure, as long as he accepts Jesus as his savior.
Nim: But the Bible says it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter Heaven.
Con: Yes, and it also says that with God, all things are possible.
Nim: So as long as the rich guy has God, he can shove that camel right through the needle?
Con: Yep.
Jesus feeding 5000 people with 5 loaves and 2 fish is the only miracle that appears in all 4 gospels: Matthew 14:13-21, Mark 6:31-44, Luke 9:10-17 and John 6:5-15.
You can read about the Parable of the Virgins in Matthew 25. It says that we must be prepared at all times for Christ’s return because none of us knows when it will be.
Abby: Well, it took every penny I had, but now I'm prepared!
Abby: I didn't want to be without lamp oil like the virgins in Matthew 25, so I bought 40 cases of the stuff!
Con: Abby, surely you know that the Parable of Ten Virgins is a metaphor for the fact that we all need to be SPIRITUALLY prepared for Christ's return. Not that we need to buy lamp oil!
Abby: So I spent all this money on oil when I could have spent it on new shoes?!
