The author of Psalm one, is unknown, though it’s thought to be David who wrote most of the Psalms in Book One, it’s language has brought about the speculation that it could be his son Solomon that wrote it during the compilation of his father’s Psalms. It’s the introductory Psalm, even as the first Psalm, which I personally categorized as…
The author of Psalm one, is unknown, though it’s thought to be David who wrote most of the Psalms in Book One, it’s language has brought about the speculation that it could be his son Solomon that wrote it during the compilation of his father’s Psalms. It’s the introductory Psalm, even as the first Psalm, which I personally categorized as…
The book of Psalms has been a delight and blessing to God’s people for a very long time. In more ways than one, it is at the very heart of the Bible. The central chapter of the Bible is Psalm 117, which is also the shortest chapter in the Bible. The next chapter contains the central verse of the Bible,…
Continuing on in our study of Matthew’s Gospel today after having learnt from the Lord Jesus last Lord’s day that the first shall be last and the last first in God’s Kingdom, because of God’s grace, even as many are called but few are chosen. We’ll learn today from three incidences all minus one missed in Luke’s Gospel that are…
Progressing on in our continuous study of God’s Word in the Gospel of Matthew every Lord’s day, today we come to Matthew 22. Reading our passage from vss. 1 -14, I was brought to understand, this wasn’t one but a set of two interconnected parables that the Lord gave in response to the attitude the Pharisees had taken up at…
Many a pastor have pointed it out that the least attended church meeting is the prayer meeting. So unfortunate that even the church ministers hardly show up for them! The priority of prayer (vs 1). “First of all,” indicates that prayer is most important in the public worship of the church. It is sad to see how prayer has lost…
Jesus deliberately violated the Sabbath traditions on several occasions. He had taught the people that mere external laws could never save them or make them holy; true righteousness had to come from the heart.
Jesus said “Come.” The Pharisees all said “Do!” and tried to make the people follow Moses and the traditions. But true salvation is found only in a Person, Jesus Christ. To come to Him means to trust Him. This invitation is open to those who are exhausted and burdened down. That is exactly how the people felt under the yoke…
As though to give us a break from his revelation of the King’s Power as we saw last time, in today’s passage the Apostle Matthew brought out what you’d call a discipleship moment, giving us Christ’s communication with two, who, upon his decision to move to the other side of the sea of Galilee didn’t want to stay behind, and…