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Matthew 12:38-42 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Matthew narrates the fourth confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees. The Pharisees attempt to entrap Jesus by asking for a sign proving that He is the Messiah.
Matthew 12:33-37 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Jesus shares an analogy of a fruit tree to show the relationship between a man’s words and his heart. He tells the Pharisees that their words are evil because their heart is evil. Words reveal the heart to our glory or shame.
Matthew 12:31-32 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Jesus gives the Pharisees a very serious warning. Anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven.
Matthew 12:30 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Jesus speaks two proverbs whose core truth reveals that anyone who is not with Jesus and His kingdom is working against Him.
Matthew 12:22-29 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Matthew narrates the third of four confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Finding themselves unable to deny the miraculous power Jesus has, the Pharisees accuse Him of being a demonic agent.
Matthew 12:15-21 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Matthew tells us that Jesus is not harmed by the Pharisees’ plot to destroy Him at this time. He continues to heal people, but is careful to keep His identity as the Messiah a mystery. Matthew highlights how this is another rich fulfillment of one of Isaiah’s prophecies.
Matthew 12:9-14 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Matthew narrates the second of four confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. The Pharisees set a trap for Jesus relating to the healing of a man’s withered hand on the Sabbath.
Matthew 12:1-8 meaningFebruary 22, 2022
Matthew narrates the first of four confrontations between Jesus and the Pharisees. Who is in charge of the Sabbath: Jesus or the Pharisees?
Matthew 10:40-42 meaningFebruary 19, 2022
Jesus shares that when someone receives one of His disciples, they are really receiving the Messiah and God who sent the Messiah. And He talks about the rewards one can expect for receiving prophets, righteous men, and giving cups of cold water to little ones in the name of a disciple.
Matthew 10:38-39 meaningFebruary 19, 2022
Jesus bids His disciples to take up their cross and follow after Him. He warns them that everyone will lose their soul/life, but only those who lose their soul/life for His sake will find it.
Matthew 10:34-37 meaningFebruary 19, 2022
Jesus warns of the deep division that His kingdom message sows among men. It divides even families. He tells His disciples that anyone who does not love Him more than the dearest relationships within their households is not worthy of Him.
Matthew 10:32-33 meaningFebruary 19, 2022
Jesus puts His disciples on notice of two contrary truths. The first is that the cost of faithfulness is the scorn and persecution of men, but the reward for confessing Jesus before men is His approval and future celebration of them before His Father in heaven.
Matthew 10:29-31 meaningFebruary 19, 2022
Having asked His disciples to willingly die for Him, Jesus assures them that God holds their lives in great value.
Matthew 10:28 meaningFebruary 19, 2022
Jesus continues explaining fear to His disciples. He tells them not to fear men who can only harm the body but not the “psuche” (life/soul).
Matthew 10:26-27 meaningFebruary 19, 2022
Jesus tells His disciples that they should not be afraid of what people say against them for following Him. Their words don’t matter. God will reveal the truth. The disciples are to boldly proclaim Jesus’s teachings.
Amos 5:21-27 meaningJanuary 29, 2022
Amos reports what the LORD says to His covenant people. The LORD rejects Israel’s false worship and states He will send them into exile beyond Damascus.
Amos 5:18-20 meaningJanuary 29, 2022
Amos again announces judgment on the unrepentant Israel. The people of God will experience the day of the LORD and it will be a day of darkness, not of light; a day of judgment, not of rejoicing.
Amos 5:16-17 meaningJanuary 29, 2022
Amos tells the people that God's judgment will bring widespread lamentation because many people will be dead when God passes through their land.
Amos 5:14-15 meaningJanuary 29, 2022
While pronouncing judgment on the kingdom of Israel, Amos tells individuals that the possibility for repentance is still available. They are to set themselves apart from their wicked nation to seek good so that they may live.
Amos 5:10-13 meaningJanuary 29, 2022
Amos once again accuses Israel of practicing injustice, which violates His covenant with Israel. For this reason, God will judge His covenant people.
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