Jesus told us in Mark 11:25-26, “Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions.” So are we to forgive even those who don’t admit their offenses or ask forgiveness?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:22
There is one essential component to acquiring faith which David explains today. He also reveals the minimum evidence that indicates that one has believed.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:22
Does the fact that Jesus foretold of a wedding hall being filled with both “the evil and the good” indicate that unholy people will be welcome in heaven?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 22:6-13
Jesus portrayed faith and doubt as both being powerful forces, faith towards experiencing miracles and doubt nullifying faith’s force. David also explains why it is sometimes impossible to have faith, and offers proof positive.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:21-22
A man who was invited and made it into the wedding feast was spotted without wedding clothes. Was his expulsion a warning that people who make it to heaven stand in danger of being cast into hell?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 22:13-14
According to Jesus, there is no marriage in heaven. Why? And how will we relate there to our former spouses?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 22:24-30
Jesus was both the Son of God and the son of David, fully human and fully divine. In today’s reading, Jesus challenges religious leaders who only expected a human messiah.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 22:41-46
What is more important than loving God and others? What is less important than loving God and others? Nothing and everything!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40
We are sometimes apt, like the scribes and Pharisees, to focus on things of lesser importance at the expense of things of greater importance. In today’s reading, Jesus offers us the remedy.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 22:35-40
Jesus promised the righteous that, at their resurrection, they will be granted immortality. Why then is immortality often thought of as something that is inherently possessed by every spirit/soul of every person, righteous and unrighteous?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 22:29-34