by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 25, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 19:10 “His disciples said to Him, ‘If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.’ ” The disciples understood the message of Jesus, and it was not palatable to them at all, and in fact, marriage became unattractive based on this new...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 24, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 19:8 “He said to them, ‘Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, permitted you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.’ “ This may sound very simplistic, but Jesus made it so. Divorce is the result of hardness of heart, which...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 18:21-22 “Then Peter came up and said to him, ‘Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.’ “ God’s heart cannot be understood because...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 18:19-20 “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them.” Prayer can be done by...
by TheRestlessPilgrim | Aug 21, 2018 | Blog, Reflections From Matthew
Matthew 18:16 “But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.” It’s unfortunate, but most of us are prideful, arrogant and not easy to entreat. It is regrettable, but many believers...
