And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Matthew 28:5-6 What is the evidence Matthew gives for the resurrection? Essentially, the evidence is …
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Matthew 27:45-46 I think Matthew and the other gospel writers are …
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Matthew 26:39 Just as our Lord is about to face his greatest challenge, he knows that he will have to do it alone. And so …
Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. Matthew 25:1 I think that personal preparedness is one of the important points of the Parable of the Ten Virgins. In this parable, our Lord tells a story about a wedding. In …
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Eph. 4:29 How are we to order our speech? Let us follow the apostle’s order here and consider first the negative prohibition and then the positive …
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. Romans 7:24-25 There are two mistakes that people make with respect to the reality of …
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Matthew 23:14 Why would someone want to be a hypocrite? Why would someone want to pretend to be something that they are not? It seems like this would get tiresome after a while. Playacting and trying to hide your real self is not something you can do …
He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Psalm 147:3-4 It should warm our hearts and steady our souls to know that the one who binds up the wounds of the brokenhearted is the same one who tells the number of …
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. ... Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. Mt. 5:16; 6:1 At first, these two passages may …
And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? Matthew 19:16 Our Lord's answer to this question from a rich, young ruler is very perceptive and enlightening. In the following verses (17-21), we see four things the gospel demands of …