Jesus told the Twelve that anyone who desires to enter heaven must be converted and become like a child. Obviously, Jesus wasn’t speaking of literally becoming like a child, or of becoming childish. So what did He mean?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:1-3
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Peter wrongly assumed that Jesus did not pay the temple tax, and Jesus affirmed that He had good reason no to. Yet, to avoid offending the tax collectors, Jesus paid His and Peter’s taxes through a means that may have resulted in a few conversions!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 17:25-27
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Tens of thousands of people streamed from the population centers around Galilee to see Jesus in a remote location. The healing miracles lasted three days before Jesus sent everyone home…after an unforgettable grand finale!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 15:32-35
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When Jesus returned to Galilee, news spread quickly, and a multitude brought those who were crippled, blind and mute to be healed. If you had been among them and had been ill, would you have been healed?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 15:29-31
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The desperate Syrophoenician woman could have reacted two different ways when Jesus referred to her as a dog. Her response is what moved Jesus to change from resistance to reception.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 15:26-28
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If Jesus was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel as He declared in today’s reading, why did He ultimately grant the Canaanite woman’s request to deliver her demonized daughter?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 15:23-26
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Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon, but He didn’t escape notice there. A desperate Syrophoenician begs for His help, but He ignores her cries. Why?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 15:21-23
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When we exalt tradition above the Word of God, it shows something is wrong in our hearts. True lovers of God examine all teaching in light of God’s Word, because they are more concerned about pleasing God than pleasing men.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 15:7-20
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Jesus is not opposed to traditions, just as long as our traditions don’t invalidate God’s Word. Today we read an example of how the Pharisees were guilty of that very thing.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 15:2-6
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By the time of Jesus, the oral law, also referred to as the Talmud, came to have precedence over God’s Word in the minds of many Jewish leaders. Amazingly, the Pharisees found fault with God, that is, Jesus, for not keeping their traditions!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 14:34-15:2
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