God loves to find His children yearning after Him and seeking His presence. Please find encouragement here to embrace that quest.
¨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 →
¨The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses´s seat: so do and observe everything that they tell you; but do not imitate their deeds, for they say things and do not do them.¨ Matthew 23:2-3 (Byington) Anyone who would like to gain knowledge and become a more intelligent and informed person should start their quest... Continue Reading →
¨What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?¨They said to him: ¨David´s.¨ Matthew 22:42 (Reference Bible) Jesus takes the opportunity to turn our attention to who actually is the Christ. His question was put to men who knew the Scriptures extremely well. They knew how to read into the words they found... Continue Reading →
In reply Jesus said to them: ¨You ´re mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.¨ Matthew 22:29 (Reference Bible) Matthew 22 verses 23 to 33 tells the story of Jesus being questioned by one of the divisions in the church of His day. Surely they were worshippers of God who... Continue Reading →
And one of them, versed in the law, asked, testing him: ¨Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?¨ He said to him: ¨You must love Jehovah your God with your whole heart and with your whole soul and with your whole mind.´ Matthew 22:35-37 (Reference Bible) By the different divisions in the church... Continue Reading →
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