by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 22, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:21 “And He said to her, ‘What do you wish?’ She said to Him, ‘Grant that these two sons of mine may sit, one on Your right hand and the other on the left, in Your kingdom.’ ” The mother of James and John came to Jesus with her sons, and kneeling down before...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 21, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:19 “and deliver Him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucify. And the third day He will rise again.” I am irreversibly connected to Jesus. For this reason, I will be called upon to suffer with Him and sorrow with Him. I know that for some...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 20, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:17 – 18 “Now Jesus, going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples aside on the road and said to them, ‘Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death…’...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 19, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:14 “Take what is yours and go your way. I wish to give to this last man the same as to you.” The workers who had been idle and who had agreed to work for a set pay became jealous because the landowner had decided to pay all the workers equally, irrespective...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 20:9 “And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius.” God is extremely gracious. Despite my not deserving to serve Him and despite the limitedness in my service to Him, He still chooses to pay me in full as though I...
