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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The Bible tells us that one day, not only will Satan be cast into the lake of fire, but so will “death and Hades.” Satan will be tormented forever there, so should we assume that death and Hades will eternally exist in the lake of fire as well? Or will they be annihilated? And what about the wicked?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:8-9
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Three times in this story, faith is clearly mentioned as a key component in the deliverance of the demonize boy. The disciples failed due to their lack of faith. So why do people become angry when lack of faith is mentioned as a possibility for their failures?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 17:18-21
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What did Jesus mean when He spoke of “forfeiting one’s soul”? Was He describing eternal burning in hell?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 16:24-26
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People misinterpret Jesus’ words today for the same reason that His 12 disciples misinterpreted His words about the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. What is that reason?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 16:5-10
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Why were there 12 baskets of leftover bread when Jesus fed the 5,000, and 7 baskets of leftover bread when Jesus fed the 4,000? David speculates on the answer!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 16:11-12
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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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Peter was blessed that God revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah and Son of God, but was it because God sovereignly chose to reveal Jesus’ identity to Peter, while He sovereignly chose not to reveal Jesus’ identity to others?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 16:13-17
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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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What trouble brews when interpreters read metaphorical expressions like we find in today’s reading and take them literally! Only context keeps us balanced.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 16:16-19
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