Author name: 曹鴻輝博士 Dr. Cho Hung Fai Daniel

Being Wise In Believing Jesus

Day 281, Year 1

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

Being Wise In Believing Jesus

Day 280, Year 1

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

Being Wise In Believing Jesus

Day 279, Year 1

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

Being Wise In Believing Jesus

Day 278, Year 1

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

Being Wise In Believing Jesus

Day 277, Year 1

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

Being Wise In Believing Jesus

Day 275, Year 1

Day 275, Year 1 God’s Work is More Important than Man’s “And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.’ You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?” (Matthew 23:18-19 NASB) For the scribes and Pharisees,

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