Matthew 8:2 "...a leper came and worshiped Him..." Scripture uses the word worshiped a good bit without giving any more explanation. I'd always considered worship to be internal, from the heart, which it is. But the scripture also tells us that the Roman soldiers worshiped Christ as they were beating and mocking Him. Surely they …
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Matthew 7:1 "Judge not, that you be not judged." The most quoted Bible verse used to be John 3:16, for God so loved the world. Now it is judge not lest ye be judged. Unfortunately those who are so quick to quote it are missing the meaning from the context and have no idea what …
Matthew 6:1 "...do not do your charitable deeds before men..." Why do you do the things you do. For yourself or for Christ. Payment determines intention. Do you want the praise of men or of God. Can be a fine line. It's possible to take pride in supposedly doing things for Christ, only to receive …
Matthew 5:22 "...whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment..." So much teaching in these verses, it is difficult not to fall into trying to explain everything. I keep having to remind myself that the idea is to see what God is showing me at this moment, …
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NOTE: Splitting this chapter as it is so long and so full. Will probably have to do this often with the gospels. Matthew 5 Beginning of the sermon on the mount. Didn't realize there was as much debate over it until I checked a few things with the commentaries. Issue is whether it is the …
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Matthew 4:1 "...led up by the Spirit...to be tempted by the devil" I asked myself why. Commentaries suggest the Spirit led Him out for testing, but satan arrived to treat Him as he does all mankind. So why any of it. I think after the episode of the baptism He begins His path as our …
Matthew 3:1 "In those days John the Baptist came preaching..." We've jumped about thirty years. John was only a few months older than Jesus. 3 "...he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah...The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; Make His paths straight" Fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy …
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