Matthew 6:1-24 Intrinsic Reward v Extrinsic Reward – Nestling the Lord’s Pray
Lord, Let me breathe your Word. May every day start with my trusting You for my needs. May your provisions for my life’s needs lead me to explore the needs of my spirit, needs for which You have also prepared a provision.
Recognition of Authority: A Greater Faith
In the end the centurion not only believed that Christ could heal, that Christ would have compassion on his servant, that Christ had power over other messengers gifted with the required faith and abilities.
The Kingdom of Heaven – ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν (is like)
οὐρανός, οῦ, ὁ (n) ouranos, heaven, dwelling of gods and spirits, independent of earth, vault as sky, universe
βασιλεία, ας, ἡ (n) basileia, kingdom, royal rule, sovereignty
Chapter 2 – The Baptism with the Holy Ghost
“He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire.” Matt. 3: 11. This sounds almost like an echo of the last promise of the Old Testament. The voice of “the Messenger” is taken up by “the Forerunner.” “He is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap; and He shall sit as […]
Chapter 3 – The Wise and Foolish Virgins; or, The Holy Spirit and the Coming of the Lord
“Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with […]