In The Word Read: Matthew 21:23-46 Authority Challenged 23 When He entered the temple area, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”24 But Jesus responded and said to them, […]
Month: March 2021
Riding On A Colt
In The Word Read: Matthew 20:29-21:22 Sight for Those Who Are Blind 29 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. 30 And two people who were blind, sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”31 But the crowd sternly warned […]
What’s In It For Me?
In The Word Read: Matthew 19:23-20:28 23 And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than […]
Seriousness of Marriage Vows
In The Word Read: Matthew 19:1-22 Concerning Divorce 19 When Jesus had finished these words, He left Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; 2 and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. 3 Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man […]
Ripe or Rotten?
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 24-25 Baskets of Figs and the Returnees 24 After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and metalworkers from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me: behold, […]
The Lord Our Righteousness
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 23 The Coming Messiah: the Righteous Branch 23 “Woe to the shepherds who are causing the sheep of My pasture to perish and are scattering them!” declares the Lord. 2 Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: […]
The Potter’s Hands
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 17:19-18:23 The Sabbath Must Be Kept 19 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and stand at the public gate, through which the kings of Judah come in and go out, as well as at all the gates of Jerusalem; 20 and say to them, ‘Listen to […]
Consequences
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 14-15 Drought and a Prayer for Mercy 14 That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah regarding the drought: 2 “Judah mourns And her gates languish; Her people sit on the ground in mourning garments, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. 3 Their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and […]
Be Good for Something
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 13 The Ruined Undergarment 13 This is what the Lord said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen undergarment and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water.” 2 So I bought the undergarment in accordance with the word of the Lord, and put it around my waist. 3 Then the word of […]
Worshipping False Gods
In The Word Read: Jeremiah 9:23-10:25 23 This is what the Lord says: “Let no wise man boast of his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast of his might, nor a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let the one who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises mercy, justice, and righteousness […]