Category: Matthew
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A Long Generation
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Matthew 24:34 (KJV) Generation – Boy does this cause some confusion. Is the text really saying that no one among that living generation will die until all those signs happen? If so, then Yeshua had to have returned already,…
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Just Do It
Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. Matthew 1:19 (KJV) Just – We can really open up a can of worms with this one. So let’s start with this: do you believe that it’s impossible to keep the…
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Convert or Repent?
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 (KJV) Converted – With this simple word comes an entire theology about the conversion of unbelievers into Christianity. Every time someone accepts Yeshua as their Savior we rejoice…
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Weightier Matters
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Matthew 23:23 (KJV) Judgment – How can judgment be one of the weightier…
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What is the oil?
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Matthew 25:3-4 (KJV) Oil – There’s been much debate over exactly what the oil represents in this parable. I know I’ve had many conversations on this topic myself. Is it the Holy…
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Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. Matthew 4:19 (KJV) Follow me – The words used by Yeshua to select his disciples seem so simple, don’t they? Just follow Him. He’s heading to the kingdom, so I’ll head that way too. But while focusing our attention on the end goal,…
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No Child Left Behind
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 (ESV) Make disciples – How does one make a disciple? Perhaps many of us would envision ourselves carrying out the Great Commission by going forward to educate people about Christ. We might set…
