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...
by Will | Sep 7, 2016 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 5:29-30 (NIV) “If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It...
by Will | Sep 5, 2016 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 5:27-28 (NIV) “You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Again Jesus points out the profound difference between the...
