Matthew 12: Good Trees Produce Good Fruit
God makes evil trees good and uses them to produce good fruit for the nations to enjoy! MATTHEW 12 Good Fruit or Bad Fruit 33 “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34…
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Paul ends his letter by greeting disciples in Rome and giving his final instructions. ROMANS 16 1 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon, of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she…
Read MoreRomans 14-15
Paul teaches how to live in the grey areas of Christianity and to understand the Gentiles place in the gospel. ROMANS 14 Disputable Matters 1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.…
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Learn to submit to righteous governments, fulfill the law with love, and be clothed with Christ! ROMANS 13 Submission to Governing Authorities 1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels…
Read MoreMatthew 12: Lord of the Sabbath
Jesus begins to reveal His divine authority as Daniel’s Son of Man (Daniel 7:14). MATTHEW 12 Lord of the Sabbath 1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said…
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Be encouraged to live out the new life God has given us in love! ROMANS 12 Renewing the Mind 1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform…
Read MoreServants of Christ
It is the call and honor of all Christians to be servants (deacons) of Christ. Therefore, it should be considered one of the greatest things we can do in the Kingdom of God. JOHN 12:23-26 23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Very truly I tell…
Read MoreRomans 10-11
Paul applies the gospel message of faith in Christ to both Jew and Gentile. ROMANS 10 1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based…
Read MoreMatthew 11: Come to Jesus
Learn to rest in Jesus and let Him carry all the burdens of your life! MATTHEW 11 1 After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee. 2 When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent…
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Paul explains to the Jews how God is right in including the Gentiles into the gospel by faith- despite being cut off by their unbelief [vs. 10-13]. He reminds the Jews that they had been cut off in the time of the Kings and were able to come back in [vs. 25-29]– but sadly, they…
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