Category: Matthew 26
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Gracious Restraint
Matthew 26:67 “Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him.” What does inner strength look like? How is it displayed? Perhaps one of the most magnificent displays of this strength ever seen is in the scene above as Jesus was being led to the cross. Here is an awesome example…
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Watch!
Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Do you believe in spiritual battles? Jesus certainly did. He constantly told His disciples to be watchful, to be aware, to be careful. Why? One of his most well-known students, Peter, tells us in the…
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What a Waste?
Matthew 26:6-8 “Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper,a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, ‘Why this waste?’” “One person’s trash is…
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The Forgiver of Sins
Luke 23:34 “And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Matthew 26:73-75 “After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, ‘Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.’ Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, ‘I do not know the man.’ And…
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Greetings
Matthew 28:9 “And behold, Jesus met them and said, ‘Greetings!’ And they came up and took hold of his feet and worshiped him. Matthew 26:49 “And he came up to Jesus at once and said, ‘Greetings, Rabbi!’ And he kissed him.” Two greetings from two people who used the same words, but with vastly different meanings. The…
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Teacher or Lord?
Matthew 26:20-25: “When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, ‘Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.’ And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, ‘Is it I, Lord?’ He answered, ‘He who has dipped…
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