God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
And in answer Jesus said to them: ¨Look out that nobody misleads you.¨ Matthew 24:4 (Reference Bible) It is good to read often the signs of the times that Jesus gave in Matthew 24 when asked about when we would be approaching the end of our age. It serves to bring to light just what... Continue Reading →
While he was sitting on the Mount of Olives the disciples came to him by themselves, saying ¨Tell us when this will be, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the final time.¨ Matthew 24:3 (Byington) There seems to be growing within the body of so-called believers, a sensation of vagueness... Continue Reading →
And He answered them ¨You see all this, do you not? I tell you verily, there shall not be one stone left upon another here that shall not be torn down.¨ Matthew 24:2 (Byington) The words Jesus spoke as His disciples showed Him the wonderful buildings of the temple in Jerusalem would one day be... Continue Reading →
¨For I tell you, you shall not see me from henceforth until you say ´Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.´¨ Matthew 23:39 (Reference Bible) One could teach many wonderful truths buried like gems within the last three verses of Matthew 23. Like the thought of Jesus looking over His people... Continue Reading →
¨Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?¨ Matthew 23:33 (ASV) In these latter verses of Matthew 23 Jesus really starts to show that He cannot tolerate anymore the people who do not listen to the messengers sent to bring us back to God. We could conveniently try to... Continue Reading →
¨Blind Pharisee, Cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the dish, that the outside of it also may become clean.¨ Matthew 23:26 (Reference Bible) In Matthew 23 Jesus goes off on the people who would go to lengths to look godly and good but not filled with the Lord on the inside. This... Continue Reading →
¨Ye blind guides, that strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel!¨ Matthew 23:24 (ASV) Jesus takes His teaching and touches upon a subject where we all come up short. He directs His disdain at the actions of certain church people but the correlation is clear. ¨Hypocrites!¨ He cries, ¨who give tithes and follow the... Continue Reading →
¨Woe to you, hypocrite scribes and Pharisees, because you go the rounds of the sea and the land to make one proselyte, and when you get him you make him more of a candidate for hell twice over than you are yourselves.¨ Matthew 23:15 (Byington) The Christian is a marvelous creature. Once we think we... Continue Reading →
¨But woe to you, hypocrite scribes and Pharisees, because you lock the Reign of heaven in men´s faces; for you do not go in yourselves and neither do you let those go in who are going in.¨ Matthew 23:13 (Byington) Jesus spoke much about the reign of heaven or the kingdom. It seems a point... Continue Reading →
¨But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.¨ Matthew 23:11-12 (ASV) A popular text and well-known, but probably today it is one of the most blatantly rejected passages of scripture we have. While we preach it... Continue Reading →
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