by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 7, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 22:37 “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ’’ I know I love the Lord, but my love is not as total and as pure as I know He expects of me. I am too distracted and consumed by so...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 22:37 “Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ” God may be considered complicated some things, for example, in understanding His comprehensive nature, sovereignty, and omniscience;...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 5, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 22:33 “And when the multitudes heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.” Jesus is the wonder of heaven and earth. Everything about Jesus is a wonder and astonishment: His birth, His life, His death, His resurrection, His glorious abode, His planned...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 4, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 22:30 “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.” It is incredible to see that in this one sentence, Jesus had summarized the theological arguments about our resurrected bodies and emotions. At...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Nov 3, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 22:29 “Jesus answered and said to them, ‘You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.’ “ I have been given the right to rebuke others, but that right must be anchored on the Word of God. We are called to correct one another and failure to...