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2.21.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 26. Pure.
Matthew 5:8 – “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” In looking into what this verse actually means, I found a few references that can help us a bit. Katharos, the Greek word for purity, has two meanings that are similar but different: • It means clean—not dirty. Jesus warns, “For out…
Read More2.20.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 25. Mercy.
Matthew 5 continues with verse 7 speaking on mercy. “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” – Matthew 5:7 The word translated “mercy” is eleemones, which begins with sympathy but then moves to action. Jesus pronounces a blessing on the person who feels the other person’s pain and takes action to relieve it. Jesus…
Read More2.19.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 24. Righteous.
Matthew 5:6 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.” From Bibleref.com: The next of Jesus’ statements is about an appetite for righteousness. This is another one of the Beatitudes: short statements about blessing from a godly perspective. Here, Jesus states that those who hunger and thirst for…
Read More2.17.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 22. Mourning.
Matthew 5:4 – ““Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” This is from Bibleref.com – A really good resource. At the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus is teaching a series of statements often referred to as the Beatitudes. Each starts with the words “blessed are.” Blessing, in this sense, refers…
Read More2.16.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 21. Humble.
PLEASE NOTE: Moving forward we are moving to the NASB translation of the Bible. This will be the version we’ll be using in our studies. I’ll be referencing the McArthur Study Bible and notes from that version of the Bible amongst other trusted resources. Matthew 5 recounts the greatest sermon ever preached, the Sermon on…
Read More2.15.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 20. Crowds.
I hope you’re enjoying this study on Matthew. It’s been fascinating so far to really dive into this. Matthew 4:23-25 speaks of Jesus’ healing and how he basically went viral at the time. Massive crowds were following him, people were getting saved, people were getting healed. It must have been absolutely incredible. “As Jesus traveled…
Read More2.13.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 18. Revelation.
Welcome to our continued study on the book of Matthew. Matthew 4:12 – 17 talks about how Jesus returned to Galilee to preach. This fulfilled the prophecy in Isaiah. Check out verses 15-16 that recite the prophecy. One interesting thing in the prophecy is the phrase, “we have seen a brilliant Light.” Light is a…
Read More2.10.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 15. Patience.
As we begin Chapter 4 we are presented with this account of the “testing” or “tribulation” of Jesus in the wilderness. Afterward, the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the lonely wilderness in order to reveal his strength against the accuser by going through the ordeal of testing. And after fasting for forty days, Jesus was…
Read More2.9.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 14. Sacrifice.
Matthew 3:13-15 talks about Jesus being baptized by John. I would have had the same reaction as John in this instance. Check out what it says here: “Then Jesus left Galilee to come to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But when he waded into the water, John resisted him, saying, “Why are you doing…
Read More2.8.21 – Daily Dose of Worship. A study on Matthew. Part 13. Vipers.
So, yesterday we were talking about John and how he was calling people out. It gets a little more intense today. Check this out. In Matthew 3, Matthew talks about John baptizing people by the Jordan river. Folks were coming down and confessing their sins and getting dunked in the water. So the wealthy elite…
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