Category: Matthew

• Are you a “have” or a “have not”?

  Matthew 13:12 “For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.” We have all heard about the “haves” and the “have nots.”  The “haves” are the ones with the best jobs and salaries;…

  lejaneyoung

  February 14, 2023

  Matthew, Matthew 13

  faith, haves and have nots, Job, rich and poor, rich man and Lazarus, wealth and poverty

• Feeding the hungry

  Proverbs 25:21 “If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat” Matthew 4:4 “But he answered, ‘It is written, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.”‘” Do you have any enemies?  I asked myself that question after I read Proverbs 25:21 above.  In fact,…

  lejaneyoung

  January 4, 2023

  Matthew, Matthew 4, Proverbs, Proverbs 25

  bread of life, enemies, feeding the poor, hunger, thirst, Word of God

• Unpardonable sins

  Numbers 12:27-31 “If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven . . . But the person who does anything…

  lejaneyoung

  August 29, 2022

  Matthew, Matthew 12, Numbers, Numbers 12

  blasphemy, forgiveness, hope, intentional sins, sin, sins of ignorance, unintentional sins, unpardonable sins, wilful sins

• Good Friday

  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.’” Today is “Good Friday.” It’s a time when we remember the suffering of the Lord Jesus Christ at the hands of wicked men. As…

  lejaneyoung

  April 15, 2022

  Matthew, Matthew 25

  abortion, forgiveness, Good Friday, holocaust, the cross, violence, war