Reading: Matthew 22:34-40 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” v.36 Jesus’ answer to the Pharisee’s question was from Deuteronomy 6:5. “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” That should have been sufficient—one question, one answer. But the Lord carried on—let…
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Reading: Matthew 22:23-33 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”? He is not the God of the dead but of the living. – vv.31-32 Do you know that in my primary language…
Reading: Matthew 22:23-33 “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. He is not the God of the dead but of the living” v.32. My friend, if you are telling me that yes, there is only one God but he comes with many names—watch out, you might be…
Reading: Matthew 22:23-33 “Jesus replied, ’You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God’” v.29. There is one religious group whom I admire for many good reasons—their commitment and perseverance in their missions, how they stood up to their faith and suffered persecution under fascist governments during the…
Reading: Matthew 22:15-22 “… Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s” – Matthew 22:21. Lord, help me not to make too much of things that have no eternal significance, but rather to set my heart and eyes on what is above, and spend more time with You. Thank you and…
Reading: Matthew 22:1-14 The bride of Christ. From childhood I’ve always heard that we who are redeemed in Jesus is the bride of Christ. I didn’t really know why, because the parable of the wedding banquet seems to identify us as guests. So now I thought I’d make a little investigation—by typing in the word…
Reading: Matthew 22:11-14 “… Clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ….” – Romans 13:14 The passage about the wedding guest being banished for not wearing the appropriate costume baffled me for a long time. What if he were poor and could not afford the proper clothes? Thankfully I got some explanation from my life application…
Reading: Matthew 22:1-14 “So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests” – Matthew 22:10. I was just pondering on the phrase “both good and bad” from the verse quoted above. Even the “good” had to…
Reading: Matthew 21:33-46 “Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.” – Matthew 21:42-43 Lest we think that going through the gesture of praying for forgiveness will magically save us from eternal damnation, let us remember that true…
Reading: Matthew 21:33-46 My friend, have you already believed that Jesus was the promised Messiah, coming to the world to set our standing with God right, and to establish His earthly kingdom where He will be governor of all the land–ruling it with righteousness and justice? If we are not consciously making a choice to…
Post cover image by Tomas Castelazo derivative work: Veronidae (This file was derived from: Prostitute tj.jpg:) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D, via Wikimedia Commons Reading: Matthew 21:28-32 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.” – Matthew 21:31 In a…
Reading: Matthew 21:28-32 There is no one I know of who is more guilty of not meaning and doing what’s said than myself. Sometimes the intention is really there to carry out, but because of the urgent things in life it slides down in my priority list; other times it just becomes automatic to say…
