by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 12, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:6-7 “They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues, greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’ “ The populist wants popularity. He always likes people around him and loves the crowd feeling. You find him...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 11, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:5 “But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.” The New Living Translation puts this verse very nicely: “Everything they do is for a show. On their arms, they wear extra wide...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 10, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 23:3 “Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do.” The perfect definition of hypocrisy is best captured in the famous adage, “do what I say and not what I do.” The fraud...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 9, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 22:41-42 “While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, ‘What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?…’ “ The distinction between truth and heresy is in the answer to this salient question. Of all the theological and apologetic...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 22:39 “And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ “ Loving God must be demonstrable and evidenced in actual behavior. Love cannot be in isolation, and the yardstick of our love for others can easily measure our love for God. What’s...
