Reading: Matthew 27:11-26 Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said, “Let him be crucified!” And he said, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they shouted all the more, “Let him be crucified!” – vv.22-23 And all the people answered, “His blood be on…
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 19:3-9 I grew up reading the Bible, and because back then I was too young to understand everything (especially the OT—until now!), I thought there must have been some passages I’ve missed or forgotten that said something about actions that warrant divorce. Actually, my premise was the same as the Pharisees’ (although mine…
Reading: Matthew 18:21-35 “In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart” (vv. 34-35). In a previous post I have touched briefly on love…
Reading: Matthew 18:18-20 “For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them”—this is a passage that I always quote, but always forgetting the two verses before it! That together, if we agree about anything to ask the Father—He will do it for us; and together, as a church, we…
Reading: Matthew 17:14-21 We know the story about the disciples not being able to cast out the demon from a boy. The boy was then brought to Jesus, Jesus rebuked the demon, it came out, and the boy was healed. In private the disciples asked Jesus why they could not drive the demon out, and…
Reading: Matthew 15:29-39 I am always amazed at the Lord’s compassion. When great crowds brought to him the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and ‘many others’ (fill in the blank, my friend) and laid them at his feet—Jesus healed them. Nobody was turned away. And what a happy sight that would have been—people…
Reading: Matthew 13:34-36 “… People brought all their sick to him and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who TOUCHED him were healed.” My friend, have you already made the decision to be healed?
Reading: Matthew 14:13-21 Many, many years ago I read C.S. Lewis’ “A Grief Observed”. I do not have the book with me anymore, but if I remember everything correctly, it contained 4 entries from the great author’s journal—written just after his beloved wife’s death. I thought I very much related with the anger and despair,…
Reading: Matthew 14:13-14 “When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick” (v.14) Of course! His compassions never fail, they are new every morning, and He is faithful (Lamentations 3:22).
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