by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 19, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.” All...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 18, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:19 “Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?” Some of the most significant questions I must continuously answer are the following: What are my life priorities? What am I making the greater focus of my time and...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 17, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.” When you have invested so much in bringing someone to faith, what do they...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 16, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:14 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore you will receive greater condemnation.” There is some strange breed of people who claim to be spiritual men and women, and...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.” In this chapter, we see the fierce anger of the Lord against...
