Category: Matthew
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The Source of Fear
Matthew 8:26 “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” One of the commands Jesus gives His followers over and over again in Scripture is this one: “Fear not!” What wonderful words these are, if we will just believe and obey them. It’s one of the truest tests of our faith. In the verse…
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Identifying “the Least of These”
Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” That God views things far differently than we do is strikingly apparent in the verse above. Here Jesus makes reference to “the least of these my brothers.” Interestingly,…
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The Legalists
Matthew 25:42-45 “I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me no drink, I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’ Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did…
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Rather than Peace, a Sword!
Matthew 10:34-36 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household.”…
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Tests of True Faith – Part 1
Matthew 7:21-23 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and…
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The “Closet”
Hebrews 13:13 “Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.” Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all…
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As a Hen
Matthew 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!” The words above, which are a lament of Jesus, are some of the saddest words in all the Bible. …
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Christmas Miracle
Matthew 1:18, 22-23 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit . . . All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and…
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Religious Motives
Matthew 5:23-24 “So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” If you attend a church somewhere, why do you go? Jesus spoke often…
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“Acts of God”
Matthew 8:27 “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?” Luke 12:24 “Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!” Hurricanes, tornadoes, floods: we have a name for them. We call…
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