Day 262 (Year 2) Being Complimented, So What? … “And respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.” (Matthew 23:7 NASB) Greetings were a common practice among Israelites during biblical times. Unless there were urgencies, they would usually greet their acquaintances when they met, chat for a while, and then go
Day 261 (Year 2) Do You Long for the Attention of Others? … “They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues.” (Matthew 23:6 NASB) Those who enjoy boasting about their knowledge also seem to like being the center of attention in a crowd. As today’s verse indicates, they
Day 260 (Year 2) What is the Use of Appearing Pious? “But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.” (Matthew 23:5 NASB) To avoid being exposed, some religious people refuse to listen to God’s Word but put on a pious
Day 259 (Year 2) Being Hypocritical is Actually Agonizing “They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.” (Matthew 23:4 NASB) What is the condition of those who “can say but cannot do …”? Actually, they carry a lot
Day 258 (Year 2) Understanding Those Who Lay Heavy Burdens on You “They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.” (Matthew 23:4 NASB) Believers who have heard the teachings of the Bible may, at the initial stage of
Day 257 (Year 2) The Righteousness Required to Enter God’s Kingdom Jesus said, “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:20 NASB) Jesus’ words above respond to the aforementioned scribes and Pharisees, etc., who could speak God’s
Day 256 (Year 2) A Heart that Seeks the Truth Jesus said, “Do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.” (Matthew 23:3b NASB) From Jesus’ perspective, believers who can practice their faith are more valuable than those who only speak without practice. Probably, among the crowd at
Day 255 (Year 2) The Scribes and Pharisees Talked But Did Not Do “Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: ‘The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for
Day 254 (Year 2) Do Not Loathe God’s Reproof “My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD Or loathe His reproof, For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.” (Proverbs 3:11-12 NASB) Those whom the Lord loves He disciplines (Hebrews 12:6 NASB). It
Day 253 (Year 2) Only by Not Dealing Falsely Can You be Saved “Truly, this only I have found: That God made man upright, But they have sought out many schemes.” (Ecclesiastes 7:29 NKJV) “For He said, ‘Surely, they are My people, Sons who will not deal falsely.’ So He became their Savior.” (Isaiah 63:8
