Author: Margarita

I'm Margaret (AKA "Margarita"). I am a Christian, wife, mother of three, and grandmother (AKA "Mimi") of three. My husband Stace and I met many, many years ago. We have had our share of up and downs but I'm forever grateful that he is the man God blessed me with. I am happy to report we have been married for 25 years. I love this space on the internet. I create blog posts about faith, my Christian Walk, and our life on the farm. I have learned from the Word of the Lord. I hope this space will give you encouragement and inspiration in your walk with God. I speak on topics that make some breathe a sigh of relief and make others get pretty uncomfortable. I believe that there is power in transparency and that as children of God, we shouldn't hold anything back. Yes, even those raw and messy parts of our Life's Journey. Over the last several years, I have wrestled with my purpose, struggled with various sins, survived some severe injuries, and was diagnosed with severe illnesses that have stopped me in my tracks. Although these dark times have been tough, my walk with God and family has proven to be so fulfilling and sweet, regardless of any earthly circumstance. Christ is enough! And I want you to see that He is enough for you too. The Lord has put it on my heart to share His Word with you. I'm truly honored to meet you and hope you'll introduce yourself to me as well.
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GOD’S WRATH / REVELATION 16:1

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Revelation 16:1

And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

GOD’S WRATH / REVELATION 16:1

The pouring out of the seven bowls of God’s wrath (His justified anger, judgment and punishment for sin) now begins, just before Christ returns to earth. A great world war will occur toward the end of these judgments (Revelation 16:14; Revelation 14:14-16; Daniel 11:36-45), which are more intense and severe than the preceding ones.

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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YOU WILL NOT SEE ME AGAIN UNTIL / MATTHEW 23:39

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 23:39

For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

YOU WILL NOT SEE ME AGAIN UNTIL / MATTHEW 23:39

The city of Jerusalem repeatedly rejected Jesus’ message. It was with deep regret and sorrow (Matthew 23:37-38) that Christ would have to withdraw from Israel until they acknowledge their offense, recognize Jesus as their Messiah (Savior, Deliverer, Christ) and sincerely call on Him to rescue them. 

  1. This will occur only when Israel (a portion that remains, Isaiah 6:13;10:20; 17:7) experiences the dreadful days of the tribulation and is facing the prospect of total destruction by their enemies (Hosea 5:15-6:3).

After Israel experiences great persecution and suffering (Amos 9:9) under world domination by the antichrist, the nations of the world will gather against Jerusalem (Zechariah 12:1-4) and two-thirds of the people in Israel will be killed (Zechariah 13:8-9). At the point when Israel is nearly destroyed, those who remain will turn to God in honest desperation and true repentance, and God will respond with a miraculous salvation (Isaiah 26:16-17; 64:1, 6; Hosea 5:15; Zechariah 12:4-5, 10; Romans 11:26; Revelation 11:2; Revelation 12:6).

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. ON THE OUTSIDE … RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 23:28
  2. WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13
  3. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39
  4. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
  5. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  6. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  7. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  8. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  9. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  10. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  11. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  12. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  13. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  14. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  15. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  16. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  17. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  18. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  19. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  20. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  21. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  22. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  23. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  24. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  25. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  26. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  27. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  28. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  29. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  30. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  31. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  32. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  33. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  34. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  35. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  36. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  37. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  38. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  39. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  40. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  41. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  42. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  43. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  44. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  45. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  46. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  47. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  48. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  49. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  50. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  51. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  52. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  53. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  54. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  55. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  56. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  57. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  58. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  59. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  60. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  61. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  62. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  63. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  64. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  65. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  66. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  67. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  68. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  69. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  70. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  71. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  72. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  73. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  74. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  75. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  76. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  77. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  78. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  79. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  80. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  81. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  82. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  83. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  84. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  85. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  86. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  87. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  88. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  89. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  90. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  91. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  92. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  93. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  94. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  95. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  96. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  97. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  98. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  99. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  100. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  101. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  102. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  103. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  104. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  105. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  106. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  107. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  108. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  109. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  110. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  111. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  112. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  113. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  114. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  115. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  116. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  117. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  118. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  119. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  120. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  121. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  122. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  123. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  124. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  125. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  126. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  127. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  128. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  129. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  130. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  131. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  132. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  133. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  134. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  135. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  136. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  137. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  138. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  139. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  140. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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ON THE OUTSIDE … RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 23:28

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 23:28

In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

ON THE OUTSIDE … RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 23:28

Jesus continues His harsh but true speech about the religious leaders and ministers of His day. Their public conduct appeared righteous and godly, but their hearts were full of hypocrisy, pride, lust and wickedness. They were like painted tombs (which were sometimes “whitewashed” to make them more visible, especially at night), attractive on the outside, yet with death and corruption hidden inside.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13
  2. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39
  3. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
  4. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  5. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  6. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  7. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  8. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  9. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  10. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  11. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  12. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  13. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  14. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  15. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  16. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  17. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  18. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  19. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  20. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  21. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  22. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  23. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  24. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  25. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  26. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  27. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  28. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  29. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  30. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  31. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  32. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  33. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  34. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  35. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  36. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  37. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  38. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  39. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  40. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  41. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  42. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  43. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  44. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  45. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  46. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  47. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  48. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  49. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  50. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  51. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  52. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  53. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  54. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  55. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  56. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  57. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  58. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  59. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  60. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  61. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  62. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  63. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  64. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  65. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  66. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  67. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  68. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  69. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  70. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  71. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  72. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  73. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  74. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  75. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  76. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  77. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  78. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  79. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  80. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  81. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  82. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  83. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  84. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  85. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  86. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  87. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  88. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  89. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  90. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  91. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  92. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  93. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  94. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  95. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  96. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  97. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  98. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  99. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  100. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  101. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  102. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  103. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  104. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  105. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  106. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  107. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  108. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  109. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  110. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  111. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  112. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  113. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  114. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  115. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  116. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  117. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  118. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  119. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  120. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  121. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  122. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  123. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  124. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  125. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  126. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  127. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  128. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  129. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  130. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  131. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  132. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  133. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  134. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  135. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  136. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  137. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  138. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  139. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.

WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13

The Greek word translated “hypocrite” is hupokritai. In classical Greek, a hypocrite was an actor in a play. The actor, of course, was not expected to live out in his daily life the character he played on stage. Jesus used the term for people who were putting on an act in public that was only a pretense. Their religious appearance was a mask that concealed their spiritual blindness and the corruption within their hearts. Jesus’ words in Matthew 23 express His strongest accusations, criticisms and condemnation against those who acted as if they were devoted to God, yet resisted everything Jesus was doing and teaching. His words were directed against religious leaders and false teachers who had rejected at least a part of the revealed Word of God (with which they were very familiar) and replaced it with their own ideas and interpretations (Matthew 23:23, 28; 15:3, 6-9; Mark 7:6-9). 

  1. Jesus’ spirit, or attitude, in this passage should be noted. It is not the tolerant, permissive and accommodating attitude of someone who is worried about offending anyone. He is ultimately concerned about faithfulness to God and His Word. Jesus was not a weak preacher who tolerated sin and hypocrisy. Being true to His mission caused Him to be angry about evil (Matthew 21:12-17; John 2:13-16) and to denounce sin and corruption in high places (Matthew 23:23, 25). 
  2. Jesus’ love for God’s Word, as well as His concern for people who were being harmed or destroyed by those who distorted the Word (Matthew 15:2-3; 18:6-7; 23:13,15), was so great that it caused Him to use words like “hypocrites” (Matthew 23:15), “son of hell” (Matthew 23:15), “blind guides” (Matthew 23:16), “fools” (Matthew 23:17), “greed and self-indulgence” (Matthew 23:25), “whitewashed tombs…unclean” (Matthew 23:27), “full of…wickedness” (Matthew 23:28), “snakes,” “brood of vipers” (Matthew 23:33) and murderers (Matthew 23:34). Keep in mind that these words, though harsh and condemning, were spoken with a broken heart (Matthew 23:37) by the One who would eventually give His life for those He challenged so severely (John 3:16; Romans 5:6,8). 
  3. Jesus describes the character of false teachers and preachers as those who seek to be popular with others (Matthew 23:5), who love honor (Matthew 23:6), who want to be highly honored because of their positions and titles (Matthew 23:7) and who keep people out of heaven by presenting a twisted version of God’s true message (Matthew 23:13). They are “professionals” who appear spiritual and godly, but are really unrighteous and rebellious (Matthew 23:14, 25-27). They say good things about godly spiritual leaders of the past (such as the prophets), but they do not follow their instructions or their example. They are not truly committed to God and His Word (Matthew 23:29-30), and they lack an authentic personal relationship with God. 
  4. The Bible commands us to beware of such false religious leaders (Matthew 7:15; 24:11), regarding them as unbelievers (Galatians 1:9) and refusing to support their ministry or to associate with them (2 John 1:9-11). Keep in mind that this does not give us the right to withhold support from our churches simply because we do not appreciate or agree with a minister who challenges us when we may, in fact, be wrong. 

Those in the church who – under the pretense of love, tolerance and unity – refuse to recognize and speak out against this false behavior according to God’s Word (Matthew 7:15; Galatians 1:6-7; 2 John 1:9) are actually participating in the evil works of false prophets and teachers (2 John 1:10-11).

Bible Study Tools I Use

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  1. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39
  2. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
  3. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  4. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  5. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  6. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  7. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  8. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  9. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  10. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  11. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  12. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  13. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  14. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  15. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  16. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  17. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  18. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  19. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  20. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  21. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  22. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  23. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  24. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  25. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  26. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  27. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  28. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  29. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  30. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  31. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  32. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  33. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  34. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  35. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  36. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  37. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  38. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  39. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  40. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  41. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  42. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  43. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  44. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  45. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  46. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  47. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  48. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  49. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  50. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  51. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  52. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  53. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  54. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  55. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  56. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  57. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  58. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  59. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  60. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  61. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  62. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  63. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  64. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  65. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  66. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  67. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  68. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  69. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  70. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  71. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  72. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  73. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  74. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  75. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  76. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  77. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  78. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  79. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  80. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  81. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  82. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  83. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  84. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  85. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  86. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  87. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  88. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  89. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  90. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  91. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  92. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  93. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  94. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  95. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  96. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  97. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  98. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  99. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  100. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  101. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  102. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  103. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  104. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  105. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  106. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  107. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  108. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  109. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  110. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  111. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  112. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  113. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  114. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  115. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  116. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  117. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  118. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  119. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  120. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  121. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  122. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  123. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  124. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  125. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  126. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  127. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  128. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  129. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  130. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  131. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  132. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  133. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  134. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  135. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  136. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  137. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  138. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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I LOVE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 18:1-50

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(KJV) Psalms 18:1-50

I LOVE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 18:1-50

This psalm is also recorded in 2 Samuel 22 with a few differences. It was probably written early in King David’s reign (2 Samuel 8:14), before he committed the devastating sin of adultery and suffered the results for the rest of his life (2 Samuel 12:1-14). The psalm may point prophetically to Christ since Paul quotes Psalms 18:49 to describe a time when all nations will praise the name of God because of what Jesus has done (Romans 15:9).

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  1. MY ROCK MY FORTRESS AND MY DELIVERER / PSALMS 18:2
  2. THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE / PSALMS 17:8-9
  3. HEAR O LORD / PSALMS 17:1
  4. NOT ABANDON ME TO THE GRAVE / PSALMS 16:9-10
  5. SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME / PSALMS 16:8
  6. ASSIGNED ME MY PRTION AND MY CUP / PSALMS 16:5
  7. APART FROM YOU I HAVE NO GOOD THING / PSALMS 16:2
  8. WHO KEEPS HIS OATH EVEN WHEN IT HURTS / PSALMS 15:4
  9. WHO MAY DWELL IN YOUR SANCTURARY? PSALMS 15:1
  10. THE FOOL / PSALMS 14:1-7
  11. MY HEART REJOIES IN YOUR SALVATION / PSALMS 13:5
  12. WILL YOU FORGET ME FOREVER? / PSALMS 13:1
  13. HELP LORD / PSALMS 12:1-8
  14. THOSE WHO LOVE VIOLENCE HIS SOUL HATES / PALMS 11:5
  15. IN THE LORD I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 11:1-7
  16. FROM AMBUSH HE MURDERS THE INNOCENT / PSALMS 10:8-10
  17. IN HIS ARROGANCE THE WICKED MAN HUNTS / PSALMS 10:2
  18. DO YOU STAND FAR OFF? / PSALMS 10:1-18
  19. THE NEEDY WILL NOT ALWAYS BE FORGOTTEN / PSALMS 9:18
  20. JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS / PSALMS 9:8
  21. DESTROYED THE WICKED / PSALMS 9:5
  22. I WILL PRAISE YOU O LORD / PSALMS 9:1-2
  23. WITH GLORY AND HONOR / PSALMS 8:5
  24. THE SON OF MAN / PSALMS 8:3-6
  25. WHO SAVES THE UPRIGHT IN HEART / PSALMS 7:10
  26. I TAKE REFUGE / PSALMS 7:1
  27. DELIVER ME FROM ALL WHO PURSUE ME / PSALMS 7:1-17
  28. I AM WORN OUT FROM GROANING / PSALMS 6:6
  29. DELIVER ME / PSALMS 6:4
  30. HEAL ME / PSALMS 6:2
  31. DO NOT REBUKE ME IN YOUR ANGER / PSALMS 6:1-10
  32. YOU HATE ALL WHO DO WRONG / PSALMS 5:5-6
  33. YOU HEAR MY VOICE / PSALMS 5:3
  34. WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL TO HIM / PSALMS 4:3
  35. ANSWER ME / PSALMS 4:1-8
  36. I LIE DOWN AND SLEEP / PSALMS 3:5
  37. YOU ARE A SHIELD … YOU BESTOW GLORY / PSALMS 3:3
  38. SELAH / PALMS 3:2
  39. HOW MANY ARE MY FOES! / PSALMS 3:1-8
  40. WHY DO THE NATIONS CONSPIRE / PSALMS 2:1-12
  41. THE NATIONS YOUR INHERITANCE / PSALMS 2:8
  42. MY SON TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER / PSALMS 2:7
  43. HIS ANOINTED ONE / PSALMS 2:2
  44. THE WICKED / PSALMS 1:4-6
  45. HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED / PSALMS 103:14
  46. COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM / PSALMS 103:13
  47. FORGIVES … HEALS / PSALMS 103:3-16
  48. PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOUL / PSALMS 103:1-2
  49. NEAR TO ALL WHO CALL ON HIM / PSALMS 145:18
  50. THE LORD IS GRACIOUS / PSALMS 145:8
  51. EVERY DAY I WILL PRAISE YOU / PSALMS 145:1-2
  52. BLESSED – THE LAW / PSALMS 119:1
  53. STREAMS OF WATER / PSALMS 1:3
  54. HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW / PSALMS 1:2
  55. BLESSED IS THE MAN / PSALMS 1:1
  56. YOUR WORD IS … A LIGHT FOR MY PATH / PSALMS 119:05
  57. CALL UPON ME IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE / PSALMS 50:15
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LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39

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(KJV) Matthew 22:39

 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39

Christians are required to love all people (Galatians 6:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12), including their enemies (Matthew 5:44). But they are also commanded to love all true followers of God in a special way (John 13:34; Galatians 6:10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12; 1 John 3:11). 

  1. Christians’ love for their spiritual brothers and sisters in faith, their neighbors (all those around them and anyone they may encounter) and their enemies must flow from their primary love and devotion for God. 
  2. Love for God is the “first and greatest commandment” (Matthew 22:37-38). For this reason, God’s holiness (purity, perfection, spiritual completeness and separation from evil), His purposes and the standards revealed in His Word must never be compromised in our efforts to show love for people. In other words, love for God must come first, and nothing we do to demonstrate love to others should compromise our devotion to God. 

If we love God completely (Matthew 22:37-38) and love others unselfishly (Matthew 22:39), then all of our attitudes and actions will end up aligning with all of the commands, instructions, guidelines and standards of God’s Word (Matthew 22:40).

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  1. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
  2. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  3. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  4. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  5. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  6. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  7. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  8. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  9. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  10. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  11. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  12. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  13. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  14. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  15. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  16. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  17. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  18. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  19. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  20. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  21. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  22. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  23. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  24. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  25. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  26. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  27. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  28. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  29. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  30. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  31. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  32. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  33. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  34. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  35. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  36. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  37. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  38. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  39. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  40. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  41. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  42. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  43. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  44. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  45. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  46. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  47. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  48. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  49. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  50. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  51. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  52. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  53. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  54. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  55. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  56. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  57. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  58. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  59. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  60. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  61. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  62. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  63. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  64. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  65. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  66. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  67. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  68. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  69. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  70. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  71. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  72. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  73. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  74. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  75. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  76. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  77. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  78. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  79. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  80. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  81. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  82. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  83. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  84. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  85. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  86. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  87. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  88. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  89. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  90. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  91. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  92. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  93. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  94. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  95. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  96. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  97. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  98. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  99. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  100. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  101. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  102. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  103. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  104. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  105. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  106. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  107. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  108. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  109. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  110. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  111. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  112. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  113. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  114. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  115. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  116. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  117. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  118. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  119. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  120. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  121. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  122. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  123. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  124. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  125. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  126. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  127. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  128. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  129. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  130. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  131. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  132. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  133. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  134. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  135. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  136. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  137. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36

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(KJV) Matthew 22:35-36

One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36

An “expert in the law” (Greek nomikos) was an interpreter and teacher of the Law of Moses (the commands and regulations God gave to Moses to deliver to the people of Israel).

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  1. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  2. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  3. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  4. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  5. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  6. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  7. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  8. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  9. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  10. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  11. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  12. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  13. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  14. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  15. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  16. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  17. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  18. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  19. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  20. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  21. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  22. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  23. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  24. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  25. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  26. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  27. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  28. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  29. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  30. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  31. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  32. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  33. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  34. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  35. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  36. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  37. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  38. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  39. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  40. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  41. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  42. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  43. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  44. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  45. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  46. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  47. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  48. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  49. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  50. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  51. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  52. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  53. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  54. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  55. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  56. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  57. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  58. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  59. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  60. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  61. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  62. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  63. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  64. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  65. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  66. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  67. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  68. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  69. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  70. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  71. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  72. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  73. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  74. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  75. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  76. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  77. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  78. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  79. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  80. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  81. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  82. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  83. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  84. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  85. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  86. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  87. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  88. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  89. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  90. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  91. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  92. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  93. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  94. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  95. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  96. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  97. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  98. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  99. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  100. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  101. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  102. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  103. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  104. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  105. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  106. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  107. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  108. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  109. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  110. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  111. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  112. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  113. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  114. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  115. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  116. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  117. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  118. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  119. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  120. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  121. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  122. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  123. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  124. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  125. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  126. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  127. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  128. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  129. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  130. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  131. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  132. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  133. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  134. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  135. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  136. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14

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(KJV) Matthew 22:14

For many are called, but few are chosen.

FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14

The open invitation to spiritual salvation (the opportunity of forgiveness of sin and a personal relationship with God through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ) goes out to everyone – the “many.” However, relatively few respond to that invitation, turn from their own way and follow Christ. Those who do are “chosen” to inherit the kingdom. Responding to God’s gracious invitation by the free exercise of our will makes us art of God’s chosen people.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  2. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  3. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  4. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  5. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  6. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  7. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  8. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  9. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  10. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  11. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  12. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  13. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  14. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  15. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  16. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  17. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  18. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  19. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  20. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  21. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  22. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  23. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  24. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  25. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  26. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  27. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  28. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  29. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  30. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  31. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  32. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  33. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  34. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  35. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  36. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  37. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  38. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  39. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  40. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  41. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  42. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  43. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  44. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  45. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  46. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  47. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  48. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  49. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  50. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  51. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  52. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  53. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  54. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  55. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  56. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  57. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  58. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  59. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  60. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  61. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  62. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  63. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  64. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  65. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  66. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  67. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  68. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  69. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  70. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  71. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  72. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  73. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  74. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  75. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  76. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  77. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  78. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  79. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  80. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  81. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  82. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  83. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  84. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  85. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  86. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  87. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  88. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  89. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  90. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  91. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  92. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  93. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  94. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  95. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  96. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  97. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  98. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  99. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  100. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  101. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  102. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  103. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  104. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  105. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  106. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  107. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  108. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  109. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  110. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  111. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  112. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  113. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  114. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  115. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  116. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  117. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  118. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  119. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  120. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  121. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  122. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  123. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  124. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  125. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  126. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  127. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  128. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  129. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  130. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  131. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  132. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  133. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  134. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  135. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11

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(KJV) Matthew 22:11

 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11

Many who appear to have accepted Christ’s invitation and claim to be members of God’s kingdom will not be wearing “wedding clothes” – symbolizing a condition of spiritual preparation and readiness. In other words, they do not possess true faith in Christ (they do not truly rely on Him or trust His Word to guide their lives), they do not truly obey God’s Word, and they are not prepared for His return (Matthew 24:44; 25:21). Christ refers to the man who was not wearing wedding clothes in order to urge all of us to examine ourselves to ensure that we are prepared to serve God now and be with Him forever.

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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter

  1. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  2. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  3. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  4. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  5. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  6. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  7. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  8. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  9. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  10. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  11. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  12. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  13. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  14. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  15. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  16. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  17. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  18. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  19. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  20. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  21. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  22. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  23. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  24. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  25. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  26. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  27. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  28. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  29. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  30. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  31. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  32. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  33. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  34. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  35. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  36. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  37. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  38. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  39. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  40. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  41. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  42. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  43. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  44. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  45. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  46. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  47. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  48. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  49. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  50. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  51. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  52. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  53. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  54. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  55. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  56. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  57. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  58. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  59. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  60. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  61. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  62. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  63. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  64. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  65. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  66. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  67. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  68. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  69. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  70. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  71. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  72. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  73. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  74. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  75. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  76. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  77. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  78. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  79. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  80. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  81. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  82. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  83. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  84. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  85. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  86. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  87. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  88. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  89. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  90. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  91. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  92. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  93. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  94. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  95. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  96. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  97. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  98. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  99. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  100. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  101. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  102. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  103. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  104. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  105. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  106. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  107. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  108. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  109. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  110. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  111. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  112. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  113. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  114. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  115. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  116. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  117. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  118. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  119. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  120. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  121. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  122. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  123. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  124. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  125. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  126. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  127. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  128. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  129. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  130. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  131. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  132. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  133. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  134. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Margarita & Stace

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OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN / PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21

START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION

(KJV) Philippians 3:20-21

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

OUR CITIZENSHIP IS IN HEAVEN / PHILIPPIANS 3:20-21

Christians are no longer citizens of this world; by choosing to follow Jesus, they have become strangers and aliens on the earth (John 18:36; Romans 8:22-24; Galatians 4:26; Hebrews 11:13; 12:22-23; 13:14; 1 Peter 1:17; 2:11).

  1. Jesus said of His followers: “They are not of the world, even as I am not of it” (John 17:16). As Christians, we are pilgrims on a journey through the world; we are on our way to a new home. In relation to our life’s journey, its values and direction, heaven is our destination. It is the homeland for which we long. We have been born from above (John 3:3), our names are written in heaven’s directory (Philippians 4:3), our lives are guided by heavenly standards and our rights and inheritance are reserved in heaven.
  2. If we are faithful to God, our prayers reach heaven (2 Chronicles 6:21; 30:27) and our hope is directed there. Many of us have friends and family members who are already there, and we will be there soon. Jesus is there also, preparing a place for us, and He has promised to return and take us to heaven to be with Him (John 14:2-3; John 3:3; 14:1-4; Romans 8:17; Ephesians 2:6; Colossians 3:1-3; Hebrews 6:19-20; 12:22-24; 1 Peter 1:4-5; Revelation 7:9-17). For these reasons, all Christians long “for a better county – a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them” (Hebrews 11:16).

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  1. THEIR GOD IS THEIR STOMACH … THEIR MIND IS ON EARTHLY THINGS / PHILIPPIANS 3:19
  2. ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:18
  3. MATURE … LIVE UP TO WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY / PHILIPPIANS 3:15-16
  4. BUT ONE THING I DO / PHILIPPIANS 3:13-14
  5. RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD / PHILIPPIANS 3:9
  6. THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST / PHILIPPIANS 3:8-11
  7. DOGS … MEN WHO DO EVIL … MUTILATORS / PHILIPPIANS 3:2
  8. FOR EVERYONE LOOKS OUT FOR HIS OWN INTERESTS / PHILIPPIANS 2:21
  9. TIMOTHY / PILIPPIANS 2:19
  10. POURED OUT LIKE A DRINK OFFERING / PHILIPPIANS 2:17
  11. CROOKED AND DEPRAVED GENERATION / PHILIPPIANS 2:15
  12. GOD WHO WORKS IN YOU / PHILIPPIANS 2:13
  13. WORK OUT YOUR SALVATION – FEAR AND TREMBLING / PHILIPPIANS 2:12
  14. MADE HIMSELF NOTHING – NATURE OF A SERVANT HUMAN LIKENESS / PHILIPPIANS 2:7
  15. BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD / PHILIPPIANS 2:6
  16. YOUR ATTITUDE SHOULD BE THE SAME / PHILIPPIANS 2:5
  17. IN HUMILITY / PHILIPPIANS 2:3
  18. THEY WILL BE DESTROYED … YOU WILL BE SAVED / PHILIPPIANS 1:28
  19. STAND FIRM IN ONE SPIRIT / PHILIPPIANS 1:27
  20. TO DIE IS GAIN / PHILIPPIANS 1:21
  21. THE DEFENSE OF THE GOSPEL / PHILIPPIANS 1:16
  22. PURE AND BLAMESS / PHILIPPIANS 1:10
  23. BEING CONFIDENT OF THIS / PHILIPPIANS 1:6
  24. LOVE MAY ABOUND … IN KNOWLEDGE / PHILIPPIANS 1:9
  25. JOY / PHILIPPIANS 1:4
  26. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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