Luke 2:48 — His parents didn’t know what to think. “Son,” his mother said to him, “why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been frantic, searching for you everywhere.”

Luke 2:49 — And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?

Luke 2:49 — Jesus said to them, “Why did you have to look for me? You should have known that I must be where my Father’s work is.”

"The solitary floweret out of the enclosed garden of thirty years."

We see what will ultimately sway the Savior.

MUST

Luke 4:43 — But Jesus said, “People in other towns must hear the good news about God's kingdom. This is why I was sent.”

John 9:4 — While it is still day, we must continue to work. God has sent me and we must do his work. We must work now because it will be night soon. Then nobody can work.

Luke 19:5 — When Jesus came to where Zacchaeus was, he looked up and saw him in the tree. Jesus said, “Zacchaeus, hurry! Come down! I must stay at your house today.”

John 4:4 — And he (Jesus) must needs go through Samaria.

Mark 8:31 — Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things. He taught that the Son of Man would not be accepted by the Jewish elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of the law. He taught that the Son of Man must be killed and then rise from death after three days.

Mark 13:10 — Before the end comes, the Good News must be told to all nations.

What is a MUST in my life?

John 3

3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’

Acts 16:30-31

Then he brought them outside and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?” They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all who live in your house.”

Acts 4:12 — Jesus is the only one who can save people. His name is the only power in the world that has been given to save anyone. We must be saved through him!

John 3:30 — He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

Matthew 16

22 But Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things. “Heaven forbid, Lord,” he said. “This will never happen to you!”

23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”

24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me.

John 4:24 — For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.

Hebrews 11:6 — Without faith no one can please God. Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him.

2 Corinthians 5:10

We must all stand before Christ to be judged. Everyone will get what they should. They will be paid for whatever they did—good or bad—when they lived in this earthly body.

What is the MUST that God is speaking to you in this moment?

The difference between the Apostle Paul and the modern church is that the Apostle Paul never tried to adjust his message to the world, but rather he adjusted his life to the message.

— Leonard Ravenhill

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