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…
Reading: Matthew 21:23-27 They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” – Acts 4:7 (NIV) It is sometimes too easy to forget that as children of God, we have power from on high, and we have authority to use that…
Reading: Matthew 21:18-22 We can only not yield fruit for a time–after which we will be fit for the fire. Lord, help us to bear fruits! Let us make a self-assessment based on Galatians 5:22 and I Corinthians 13. Do I have: Love – am I not envious? – am I not boastful? – am…
Reading: Matthew 21:1-11 “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey.’” “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD!” … The whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” The crowds answered, “This is JESUS….”
Reading: Matthew 20:29-34 “The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet….” (v.31) We sing during our worship service at church–our tongues articulate the words, and yet the moment it starts to enter our hearts and minds we restrain the tears from falling from our eyes, and our arms from lifting up to worship…
Reading: Matthew 20:29-34 In this life I have seen “faith” in many shades, and I would not want to claim I have the pure one (yet) but that is what we are all striving for. I love being with people who have amazing faith, who openly express their belief that things will be done in…
Reading: Matthew 20:20-28 One thing that pains me so much is when I see people in church who have monopolised some tasks in church they become so comfortable in it, that they don’t want to share their tasks with others. Neither do they want to take on other tasks–perhaps because they don’t like it. And…
Reading: Matthew 20:17-19 “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be…
Reading: Matthew 20:1-16 Note that in the previous passages (Matthew 19:16-30), the subject was about salvation, following the Lord, and eternal rewards. In this succeeding passage, the kingdom of heaven is likened to a landowner seeking for people to work in his vineyard. We know the story–workers were found early in the morning who agreed…
Reading: Matthew 19:21-30 Pardon me, but sometimes, I just can’t help laughing about how Jesus’ disciples behaved. Do you react the same, or is it just me? So here comes the rich young man who claimed to have kept all the commandments, and yet, a camel will find it easier to go through the eye…
