Day 285, Year 1 Woe to Those Who Are Clean Outside But Sinful Inside! “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence.” (Matthew 23:25 NASB) In today’s verse, the contrast between the sinfulness “inside” and […]
Day 284, Year 1 Could People Swallow a Camel? “You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!” (Matthew 23:24 NASB) In my opinion, those who guide blindly, much like those who can swallow a camel, possess extraordinary courage or boldness, don’t you think so? They seem to possess a misguided boldness,
Day 283, Year 1 Straining Out a Gnat “You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!” (Matthew 23:24 NASB) If the faith of believers can activate miracles from God, then the remarkable thing about the Pharisees, etc., at that time was that they could set God aside and perform miracles with
Day 282, Year 1 Hypocrites Cannot Really Love God! “But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.” (Luke 11:42 NASB) “If anyone
Day 281, Year 1 Faithful Faith “The weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness.” (Matthew 23:23b NASB) In discussing the weightier provisions of the law, nothing is more striking than “faithfulness” in it. The word “faithfulness,” pistis in Greek, is translated as “faith” multiple times in the New Testament. To Jesus, the
Day 280, Year 1 Mercy Or Disgrace? “Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.” (Proverbs 14:34 NASB) “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” (Hosea 6:6 NKJV) “Disgrace” in the first verse of today and “mercy” in the second are both
Day 279, Year 1 Have Mercy On Others “The weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness.” (Matthew 23:23b NASB) It is generally believed that the Old Testament law primarily regards rules that magnified fairness and righteousness. But Jesus’ words change our understanding regarding the Old Testament law. He pointed out that one
Day 278, Year 1 Practicing God’s Justice “The weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness.” (Matthew 23:23b NASB) The word “justice” is krisis in Greek; here it means “judgment, opinion, or decision given concerning anything, especially concerning right or wrong, sentence of condemnation and punishment.” And it appears also in two verses
Day 277, Year 1 Do the Weightier in Truth “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.” (Matthew 23:23 NASB) There
Day 276, Year 1 Beware of Wrong Segmentation … “Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it. And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it. And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God
