As Jesus sent out the twelve to preach the gospel in Galilee, He knew they wouldn’t always be warmly welcomed. So He prepared them for the inevitable. His instructions to them have application to all of us whom God is sending with His message to the world.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:9-18
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In this third look at the story of Jesus’ deliverance of the Gadarene demoniac, we consider a few final important aspects and questions that are sometimes raised.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 8:28-34
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Some of Jesus’ instructions to the twelve seem to include words that would apply to them in the distant future. Their imminent path would not be easy, but their future path would be even more difficult. Do any of Jesus’ words have application for our future?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:16-22
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Returning to Capernaum, Jesus performed a special miracle that would compel Israel’s religious leaders to come, see Him and make a decision about who He was. Once they’d gathered, He proved before their eyes that He was God in the flesh, the One who has authority to forgive sins.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 9:1-8
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Amazingly, even when God allows our enemies to “slaughter us like sheep,” that is no indication of His lack of love for us. And when we are slaughtered, we still overwhelmingly conquer. How is that?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:23-31
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In a sincere attempt to convince Israel’s spiritual leaders that He was the Messiah and God in the flesh, Jesus seized an opportunity afforded to Him by five faith-filled friends. In contrast to the faith of those five, none of the spiritual leaders apparently believed in Him, even after witnessing an undeniable miracle.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 9:1-8
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Jesus expected that His followers would love Him supremely, even more than they love their own children or parents. What does this tell us about who Jesus believed He is?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:28-37
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In full sight of the Israel’s observant spiritual leaders, Jesus not only called one of society’s dregs to follow Him, but He then spent an evening dining with some of his disreputable friends. That won Jesus criticism, but also an opportunity to reveal something that the teachers of the Law had missed in the Law about what is most important to God.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 9:9-13
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Tragically, many within Christendom are professing believers but practicing atheists. That makes them, as one book title declares, Christian atheists. Many will readily admit that, although they are believers in Christ (or so they think), they are not His disciples. Is such a thing possible?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 10:34-41
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How difficult it is to teach new truths to those who are steeped in tradition. How can we avoid being spiritual old dogs who can’t learn new tricks?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 9:11-17
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