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Matthew 13:33-35 meaningApril 27, 2022
Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to leaven hidden in flour resulting in a feast’s worth of bread.
Matthew 13:31-32 meaningApril 27, 2022
Jesus compares the kingdom of heaven to a mustard seed that grows from a small seed into a large life-giving tree.
Matthew 13:24-30 meaningApril 27, 2022
Matthew records Jesus’ second parable concerning the kingdom of heaven. He compares it to a man who sows good wheat in his field, but later an enemy sows toxic, unproductive tares.
Matthew 13:18-23 meaningApril 27, 2022
Jesus explains to His disciples the meaning of the Parable of the Sower. The first soil is like a heart that is hard was from the outset and fails to receive God's word altogether. The second soil is like a heart that is afraid and loses its joy over the immediate sufferings it encounters. The third soil is like a heart that cares more for the lesser goods of this world than the eternal goods of Heaven's kingdom and is rendered unfruitful. But the fourth soil is qualitatively different. It represents a heart that trusts, fears, and loves God and it bears much fruit and produces exponentially more in proportion to its faithfulness
Matthew 13:10-17 meaningApril 27, 2022
The disciples ask Jesus why He speaks to the people in parables rather than teaching them through literal statements. Jesus gives them a full response by explaining that only those whose hearts are open to Jesus can understand the mysteries of the kingdom.
Matthew 13:1-9 meaningApril 27, 2022
Jesus teaches a parable about a sower who scatters his seed on four different types of ground. The first three types of ground fail to produce a crop, but the fourth type of ground is good soil and it produces a very good harvest.
1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 meaningApril 15, 2022
Paul still desires to see the Thessalonians in person and to teach them more. He tells them to love each other and all other people with an overflowing love. Love is the means by which Jesus prepares us for His return to earth, so that He will find us living a life set apart from the world which He will judge.
1 Thessalonians 3:6-10 meaningApril 15, 2022
Timothy reported to Paul that the Thessalonians were thriving despite their persecution. They continue in faith and love, and they miss Paul as much as he misses them. He is comforted by this news, and declares that when believers overcome suffering, we are living out the fullest, most rewarding life God intended for us.
1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 meaningApril 15, 2022
Paul sent Timothy to check in on the Thessalonians, to strengthen them in the midst of their persecutions. He reminds them that they should expect suffering because of their faith in Christ. It should never surprise them, or worse yet, cause them to buckle and stop living a life of faith.
2 Timothy 4:19-22 meaningMarch 27, 2022
Paul asks that Timothy greet old friends Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. He repeats his request that Timothy try as hard as possible to visit him before his execution. He sends a few greetings from other believers, and encourages Timothy that the Lord is with him.
2 Timothy 4:9-18 meaningMarch 27, 2022
Paul tends to some personal matters. He urges Timothy to try as hard as he can to see him before he is executed. Most of his other ministry partners are away from him, except Luke. Paul warns Timothy against certain people, like Alexander the coppersmith. He explains how no one supported him at his first defense, but that he does not want God to hold it against these people. He was able to preach the gospel regardless, and eagerly looks forward to joining Jesus in His kingdom after death.
2 Timothy 4:6-8 meaningMarch 27, 2022
Paul knows he is going to die soon. Unlike other letters, where he writes of running the race to win, now Paul concludes that he has finished the race, he served God unto death. He looks forward to the heavenly reward Christ will give him and all others who endure to the end.
2 Timothy 4:1-5 meaningMarch 27, 2022
Paul passes the torch of ministry to Timothy, charging him in the presence of God and Christ, to preach the gospel. Timothy must always be ready to teach, at all times of the year, to rebuke and patiently instruct. Eventually people will not be willing to hear the truth of God's word.
2 Timothy 3:10-17 meaningMarch 25, 2022
In contrast to the evil way men will behave in the last days, Paul points to himself as an example for Timothy to follow. Timothy spent years being mentored by Paul on missionary journeys. He knows of the many ways Paul suffered for Jesus, because all who walk with Jesus will be persecuted, yet the Lord rescues us and sustains us. Timothy does not need to look only at Paul for an example to imitate; he has known the scriptures since he was a boy. The scriptures are God's word, given from the highest authority, and they can teach, correct, and equip all people to become who God made us to be.
2 Timothy 3:1-9 meaningMarch 25, 2022
Paul warns Timothy of the way men will behave in the last days before Christ's return. Men will love themselves only, seek money, elevate themselves, exploit other people, hate goodness while pretending to be religious. Timothy ought to avoid men like this. These men will be like the two magicians who opposed Moses, with some brief displays of power that will ultimately be shown as nothing in comparison to God's power. In the end everyone will see that these men wasted their lives.
Revelation 19:20-21 meaningMarch 19, 2022
The armies of the antichrist have gathered to defy Jesus and His heavenly forces. But immediately, the antichrist and his false prophet are grabbed and thrown alive into the lake of fire, perhaps a symbol of Jesus's fiery judgement. The armies of the antichrist are slain by a word from Jesus's mouth, presented symbolically as a sword, and the birds come to eat the dead.
Revelation 19:17-19 meaningMarch 19, 2022
An angel calls for birds to gather. The kings, commanders, and warriors of the antichrist are about to be slain, and there will be a "great supper" for the vultures, crows, and so on. The "beast" (the antichrist) and all his armies assemble to fight Jesus.
Revelation 19:11-16 meaningMarch 19, 2022
John sees the moment of Jesus's second coming. In contrast to Christ's first advent (that of a poor suffering servant, born in a stable, riding a donkey), now Christ comes down from Heaven on a white horse, His eyes flaming with fire, crowned with many crowns, His robe dipped in blood, and armies of heaven following Him on white horses. He comes to judge and to wage war on His enemies, a sword proceeding from His mouth. He will rule with a rod of iron, and will crush the antichrist and his followers like grapes in a wine press. He is the King of all kings, and the Lord over all lords.
Revelation 19:9-10 meaningMarch 19, 2022
The speaker who is revealing these things to John tells him to write a statement of blessing to guests invited to the victory feast of Jesus. John falls to the ground and worships the speaker, but the speaker tells him he is only a fellow servant and that John ought to worship God. There is so much glory in Heaven that John is overwhelmed simply by the presence of a fellow believer.
Revelation 19:3-8 meaningMarch 19, 2022
Another assembly of voices from Heaven celebrates the completeness of the old world's defeat. The corrupted world system which exploited humans and defied God will never return to power. The twenty-four elders, the four living creatures worship God, and many voices like waterfalls and thunder join in by praising God and His rulership. They speak of celebrating the marriage between the Lamb, Jesus, and His bride, the church. There will be a marriage feast, and the saints will be dressed in fine linen made of their righteous acts of obedience.
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