The blessing of prayer
... God. Jesus words in Matthew 6:5-13 highlight what God is looking for in our prayers to Him. In Jesus time, the Pharisees would stand in public places and pray at length. The reason this was wrong was because ...
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Commitment and Wisdom
John 18:3-11 (NIV): So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. Jesus, ...
The Power of God
... had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”
We get a glimpse ...
Practice what we preach
... the teachers of the law and what the Pharisees do. In as much as we are told by him to obey them and do everything they tell us, He also said we must not do what they do, for they do not practice what ...
We can't fool Go
... our faith, our character, or our service. Like the Pharisees, whom Jesus denounced (Mt. 23:13-28), we may appear to be sincerely religious. But the Lord knows if our profession is merely a facade without ...
The blessing of prayer
... God. Jesus words in Matthew 6:5-13 highlight what God is looking for in our prayers to Him. In Jesus time, the Pharisees would stand in public places and pray at length. The reason this was wrong was because ...
Go beyond the outward show
... the One who knows the heart of all men, asks us to go beyond the mere religious traditions of outward shows. He responds to the queries of the disciples arising from the criticism of the Pharisees that ...
What is inside of you?
... the One who knows the heart of all men, asks us to go beyond the mere religious traditions of outward shows. He responds to the queries of the disciples arising from the criticism of the Pharisees that ...
PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH
... and crowd about what the teachers of the law and what the Pharisees do. In as much as we are told by him to obey them and do everything they tell us, He also said we must not do what they do, for they ...
The problem of anger and wrath
... the deceitfulness of Pharaoh (Exodus 11:8). Jesus was angry because of the hard hearts of the Pharisees (Mk 3:5). The Bible tells us that if we become angry, to not let it guide us to sin, and to get over ...