Forgiveness from the Heart

So My Heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.

Matthew 18:35

Is there anything more difficult than forgiving another person? The only thing I can think of that…

Bear Fruit or Wither Away

And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away.

Matthew 21:20

Forgive us our trespasses

While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God…

Daniel 9:20

There is a lost emphasis among Christians today — the personal ownership of the corporate sins…

Grace or Fairness?

When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the work and the heat of the day.’

On His Right and Left

“What is it you want?” he asked. She said, “Grant that one of these two sons of mine may sit at your right and the other at your left in your kingdom.”

“You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said to them.

Cleanse Us Today

“It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

Matthew 21:13

The business of God is to make us who believe in Christ a holy people. Grace means forgiveness, mercy…

Taking Sin Seriously

If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.

Matthew 18:9

Is It Lawful?

Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?”

Matthew 19:3

“Is it lawful?” I believe this was the wrong question to ask and it showed their bias. The Pharisees were not on a…

He Came to Save the Lost

For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.

Matthew 18:11

The word translated “lost” is a strong word, meaning not just temporarily misplaced, but “destroyed, useless, ruined, perishing.” Christ came into the world, and…

Preferred Citizens

Assuredly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

Matthew 21:31

Grace means that salvation is not earned, period. We do not deserve heaven by our worship, good works, repentance, promises, or anything…

Fruit-Bearing People

Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.

We Have Left All

Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?”

Matthew 19:27

Faith has a wonderful reward, but the reward is not whatever earthly things we might desire to have in our fleshly natures.

Becoming Like Little Children

Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 18:3

What does it mean to be childlike? What was Christ speaking of?

The Caring Christ

Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

Matthew 20:34

This healing is remarkable because of when it was accomplished in the ministry of Christ.