by Will | Sep 12, 2016 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 5:43-48 (NIV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil...
by Will | Sep 12, 2016 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 5:42 (NIV) “Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.” Even though many translations include this verse in the same paragraph as verses 38-41, it is separate. Those verse deal with a Christian’s response to...
by Will | Sep 10, 2016 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 5:38-41 (NIV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your...
by Will | Sep 9, 2016 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 5:33-37 (NIV) “Again, you have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘Do not break your oath, but keep the oaths you have made to the Lord.’ But I tell you, Do not swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; or by the...
by Will | Sep 9, 2016 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 5:31-32 (NIV) “It has been said, ‘Anyone who divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries...
