Jesus laid down explicit instructions to help restore harmony to broken relationships between members of the body of Christ, but He was realistic enough to know that harmony will not always be restored. In those cases, are we still obligated to forgive?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:15
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When someone in the body of Christ sins against me, what should I do? Immediately forgive? Not according to Jesus!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:29-35
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God doesn’t forgive everyone automatically, but waits on sinners to repent. Does He hold us to a higher standard than that? And how can you know if you’ve truly forgiven someone?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:16
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Elijah’s ministry was revived in John the Baptist, who served as Jesus’ forerunner according to Malachi’s prophecy. But Jesus said that Elijah will come yet another time in the future and “restore all things.” What did He mean?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 17:11-13
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Jesus gave a dire warning to anyone who would cause a little child who believes in Him to stumble. What exactly did Jesus mean by causing a child to stumble?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:5-6
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While Jesus was up on the Mount of Transfiguration, a desperate man with a demonized son was waiting for Him below. Matthew, Mark and Luke all add unique details about the boy’s heartbreaking condition.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 17:14-17
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During His discourse about children recorded in Matthew 18, Jesus elaborated on the seriousness of causing others to stumble and what to do to keep ourselves from the same. So what should we do?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:7-8
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Jesus’ disciples had successfully cast out many demons in the past, but this time they failed. Why?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 17:17
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Jesus’ quotation of Isaiah 66:24, “Where their worm does not die and their fire is not quenched,” is often used to prove that the unrighteous will suffer eternal conscious torment. But an honest look at Isaiah’s actual words leads us to think otherwise.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:8-9
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Satan works in the realm of our senses in order to rob us of our faith, and that is the technique the demon in today’s reading used to resist being expelled.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 17:18
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