The rich young ruler called Jesus a “good teacher” and asked what “good thing” he needed to do to inherit eternal life. But Jesus said that no one is good but God alone. What was Jesus saying to the rich young ruler about himself?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:16-17
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Jesus plainly told the rich young ruler that, if he wanted to inherit eternal life, he needed to keep the commandments. Was Jesus mistaken? Or did Jesus’ words only apply to one man, or perhaps just to people under the old covenant?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:16-17
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Jesus plainly told the rich young ruler that there were at least six major commandments that he had to obey if he was to inherit eternal life. The young ruler claimed to have kept them all since his childhood, and Jesus didn’t become angry at his pride. Rather He reacted quite the opposite.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:17-20
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A major wrong assumption has been made by many as they’ve read Jesus words regarding hell, “Where their worm does not die and their fire is not quenched.” A quick look at the last verse of Isaiah, which Jesus was quoting, reveals the truth.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:8-9
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When someone in the body of Christ sins against me, what should I do? Immediately forgive? Not according to Jesus!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:29-35
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There is no doubt that little children have a special status with God. But do little children who believe in Jesus have a different status than those who don’t? Do only believing children have “guardian angels”?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:10
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In Jesus’ time, the Jewish leaders generally believed that there were many trivial, yet lawful, reasons to divorce one’s spouse. What did Jesus believe were lawful reasons to divorce?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:1-6
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Although Jesus’ analogy of the shepherd leaving the ninety-nine sheep to find the one that was lost has application in Luke’s Gospel to God seeking the lost and rejoicing over the repentant, here in Matthew 18, the straying sheep signifies something else. What is it?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:10-14
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Divorce is not a unique sin; rather, it is just one more manifestation of the universal sin of selfishness. So how should that affect our view of divorced people?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 19:7
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If it is the will of God that no child perish—as Jesus plainly said—what does that tell us about the idea that God has sovereignly selected some to be saved and some to be damned?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 18:14
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