A ROCKY FOUNDATION

  There is a small tree which grows in Southeast Asia known as the Judas-tree. From its branches grow gorgeous blossoms. The brilliant beauty of the crimson flowers attracts thousands of tiny insects which try to draw honey from their exquisitely shaped cups. But every insect that comes to rest on the edge of its blossom is overcome by a fatal drug which the flower-juice contains. The insect drops dead on the ground. The soft grass around a Judas-tree, is often littered with dead and dying insects. In Acts 1:15-19 we read “Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.”(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out.   Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called it…Field of Blood.   “ The Apostles of Jesus founded the Church and set the gospel sailing for the “end of the earth” (Act 1:8). Ho...

                                                One time Caesar prepared a lavish feast for his nobles and friends. The day was so bad, everything went wrong. Ceasar was so angry and his temper flared. He commanded all who had bows to shoot their arrows upward toward Jupiter, their chief god, because he was the cause of their disappointment. The mindless order was obeyed, but the arrows, instead of striking the mark aimed at, fell back with violence on their own heads. In Psalm 37: 7-33 David says “ Rest in the Lord , and wait patiently for Him. Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Cease from anger and forsake wrath . Do not fret it only causes harm. For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait on the Lord shall inherit the earth.   For yet a little while and the wicked shall be ...