This is my 143rd post, and I hope this concludes my personal study of the gospel of Matthew. I started this blog for myself, and if you have been blessed by it as well–praise be to God! Just in case we all got overwhelmed with my previous post (I did), I made a more concise…
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 18:15-17 I used to think that the moral guidance provided by the Word of God was only at the conceptual level—i.e., love one another, forgive, do not hate. It was difficult for me to grasp because actions such as loving and forgiving were for me ‘emotions’, not ‘actions’; and as mere emotions, loving…
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 17:1-13 “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!” – Matthew 17:5 Are we taking heed of the Father? Are we listening to Jesus? Father, forgive me for the times when I fail to read your Word or pray. 29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring,…
Reading: Matthew 16:21-28 Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.” Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross…
Reading: Matthew 16:13-20 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man but by my Father in heaven.” (vv.15-17) And blessed…
Reading: Matthew 16:5-12 When we read the Word of God and it makes us feel uneasy about some of our habits, practices and lifestyle—what do we find ourselves doing? Do we run to people who tell us a different interpretation of things and make us feel better? Do we seek comfort in highly acclaimed books…
Reading: Matthew 16:1-4 How could we be sure that Jesus is the Messiah? Aside from the sign of Jonah (i.e., three days in the belly of the fish; see also Matt.17:23), we have the Law and the Prophets (the Old Testament!)—they all attest to Him! “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained…
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…
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