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I’m likely in error too!

Posted on May 16, 2025May 15, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 22:23-33 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.” (Matthew 22:29)This question asked by the Sadducees is a legitimate one, based on the Law of Moses.Technically, this is how Levirate marriage worked…

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To be good citizens like Jesus!

Posted on May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 22:15-22 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” (Matthew 22:21)The religious leaders are setting Jesus up, baiting him to defy Rome.Jesus’s response avoids their trap, but what is Jesus actually saying?The religious leaders implicate…

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Looking for signs of goodness?

Posted on May 14, 2025May 13, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 22:1-14 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “Gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good.” (Matthew 22:10)I was taught that we are all equally bad, that none of us are good.Yet does this theology fit with what Jesus says?Here Jesus…

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Refusing grace?

Posted on May 13, 2025May 13, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 22:1-14 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come.” (Matthew 22:8)Jesus speaks of the guests not deserving to come.They weren’t invited because they deserved it but because the king wanted them there.Their refusal of…

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Reading through Matthew 22

Posted on May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 by Norm

This week (May 12-18, 2025) I am focusing on Matthew 22. There are five sections in this reading:1) The parable of the wedding banquet.2) Paying the imperial tax to Caesar.3) Marriage at the Resurrection.4) The Greatest Commandment.5) Whose Son is the Messiah?The stage is being set in this section for the collision between Jesus and the…

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Loved, to be loving!

Posted on May 11, 2025May 11, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 21:33-45 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “The kingdom of God will be… given to a people who will produce its fruit.” (Matthew 21:43)Jesus challenges the religious leaders for failing to produce good fruit.What is this kingdom fruit that the religious leaders are not producing? This…

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Help us all to repent and believe!

Posted on May 10, 2025May 9, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 21:28-32 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “You did not repent and believe!” (Matthew 21:32)John called people to repent and be immersed in God’s gracious love.The tax collectors and prostitutes knew they needed help, and did so.But the religious leaders were confident in their own righteousness…

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He has a question for me too!

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 21:23-27 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.” (Matthew 21:27)Most of us have questions for God, but are we prepared to hear the truth?The religious leaders wanted answers, but they did not want to…

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The prayer God loves to answer!

Posted on May 8, 2025May 8, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 21:18-22 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” (Matthew 21:22)At first glance, Jesus seems to lose His temper when He curses this fig tree.Yet I wonder, does He recognize that this is a permanently fruitless…

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Am I hindering or helping others?

Posted on May 7, 2025May 6, 2025 by Norm

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST: Matthew 21:12-17 What do you sense the Lord saying to you in this passage? “He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves… The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.” (Matthew 21:12,14)I am noticing the contrast in how Jesus…

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

— Anonymous

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  • The heart of worship!
  • Twice as much a child of heaven!
  • Who am I shutting the door on?
  • Equally called brothers and sisters!
  • Free at last, free at last!
  • Putting on a religious show?
  • Are we doing what Jesus did?
  • Reading through Matthew 23
  • Humbled before the Lord!
  • Rules of the road!

comments

  • Caroline on Who am I shutting the door on?
  • Jackie Verhulst on Reading through Matthew 18:15-35
  • Norm on Reading through Matthew 18:1-14
  • M on Reading through Matthew 18:1-14
  • AED on How can I lift this burden?
  • Caroline on Too familiar with Jesus?
  • Caroline on Can they feel the love?
  • Caroline Payne on Exercising my authority!
  • Norm on Exercising my authority!
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