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 13:44-46 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.” Lord, please remind me every day of the value of your kingdom; that everything else pales in…
Reading: Matthew 12: 15-21 Why did Jesus have to die for me? Did He really have to do that? Why couldn’t He have just forgiven me, sent the devil to hell and spared Himself of death? He is, after all, God, and can do anything He wants. Then it hit me. A few years ago,…
He walks with Good Fruits. Reading: Matthew 3:1-12 “Produce fruit in keeping with repentance” – Matthew 3:8 I thought I have heard this many times already from the pulpit. I thought I have said this enough to people who always say “sorry” but do not change. But in retrospect, I think the word “change” is…
