Some thoughts on Scripture

Matthew 25:40-- "And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.' " Christ looks at us and regards how we treat our fellow man. According to the second great commandment, we are to love our... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 24:36,44-- "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only.... Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect." Of Christ's Second Coming there has been much debate, interpretation, and speculation. I have been... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 23:37-- "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!" At this point in the Gospel narrative, Jesus is on the brink of... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 22:37-40--"Jesus said to him, ' "You shall love the L ORD your God with all your heart, will all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." On these two commandments hang all the Law and... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 21:12-13--"Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who brought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, 'It is written, "My house shall be called a house of prayer," but you have... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 20:28-- "Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." Jesus spoke a frank truth of the nature of His coming, but the people around Him--the scribes, Pharisees, even His own disciples--could not grasp that He was setting out in such... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 19:25-26--"When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?' But Jesus looked at them and said to them, 'With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.' " There is no one who is capable of doing enough by oneself to save himself... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 18:19-20-- "Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Church in the true spirit of the word is not... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 17:20--"So Jesus said to them, 'Because of your unbelief, for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there," and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. ' " My Lutheran confirmation pastor gave me a lesson... Sign in to see full entry.

Matthew 16:17--"Jesus answered and said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not, revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.' " The paradox in coming to belief in God, in Christ, is that one cannot even come to that belief on one's own. It is a belief that is... Sign in to see full entry.