by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:17 “Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and He lodged there.” Do not remain where people are nagging you and fighting you out of envy; that is not the place to stay. This does not mean you are to leave your work or leave your church or...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 8, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:15-16 “But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He did, and the children crying out in the temple and saying, Hossana…they were indignant and said to Him, ‘Do You hear what these are saying?’…” It’s ok to be “out-praised” when...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:14 “Then the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.” Two vital ministries that the church must perform in the name of the Lord is opening the eyes of the blind and helping the crippled become whole. Our world is filled with blind...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 6, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:13 “And He said to them, ‘It is written, “My house shall be called a house of prayer,” but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ “ One of the reasons why Jesus was so upset with the moneychangers and business practices in the temple of God was because they...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Oct 5, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 21:12 “Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.” There is a type of violence that is good and righteous. There is a...
