Matthew 23
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | No Comments »In the entire chapter of Matthew 23, Jesus gives one of the most stern rebukes of the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. Remember that these were the people who were supposed to be teaching and leading the Jews ...
Matthew 21
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | No Comments »The last half of Matthew 21 contain two of Jesus’ parables that tell us that belief in Him is the way to Salvation. The second parable especially makes it clear that salvation is dependent upon Jesus and goes over prophecies of the ...
Matthew 15
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | No Comments »In Matthew 14 we can read about the beheading of John the Baptist, Jesus Feeding over 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish, and Jesus walking on water. We will focus in on chapter 15 when the ...
Matthew 12 - Part a
Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | No Comments »The first half of Matthew chapter 12 tells us of some accusations the Pharisees were making against Jesus and his disciples. Specifically, they were trying to say that Jesus and the disciples were breaking the Sabbath. In reality, they ...
Matthew 11
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | No Comments »Almost all of Matthew chapter 11 directly tells us of the importance of trusting in the Gospel of Jesus for salvation, or indirectly by declaring that he is the Messiah. First we're told that John the Baptist is in prison ...
Matthew 10 - Part a
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | 2 Comments »Almost the entire contents of Matthew 10 can fall under the "Salvation Is Jesus" category for this blog. It includes instructions for the disciples' first major "missionary journey", warnings that they can expect hardship and persecution for spreading the Gospel, ...
Matthew 9
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | 1 Comment »In Matthew chapter 9 we are shown four examples of people's faith in Jesus and two examples of Jesus telling the need for Christians to share the Gospel of Christ. We'll cover them quickly, one at a time.
Matthew 8
Sunday, April 27th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | No Comments »Matthew chapter 8 begins with a few stories of the value of faith. First there is a man with leprosy
Matthew 3
Saturday, April 19th, 2008 Posted in Matthew, Salvation is Jesus | 2 Comments »Matthew chapter 3 begins with a description of John the Baptist's ministry, preaching in the Desert of Judea. He was preaching of repentance and people would confess their sin and be baptized. Some of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to ...
Pride is Really Weird (and Dangerous)
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in General | 2 Comments »The Origin of Pride Pride sure is a weird thing. I think that the original sin of the universe was pride. Satan is the father of sin, and his sin was wanting to be exhaled above the Most High. He ignored ...