In this world where most people want to keep to traditions and want to prefer to follow human doctrines instead of Biblical doctrines, the one wanting to believe what God says about Jesus often feels how difficult it is to follow in line with God’s Words. Many of us have had to endure hardships because […]
The Scriptures makes it clear what choice man has to make to receive a non-ending life after this life on earth which can be full of temptations, problems, difficulties and suffering. In the 19th chapter of Matthew we can see that after some time going with the master teacher the disciples still did not know […]
Matthew 19:30 – First Last – Last First || Mark 10:31; Luke 13:30 MT19:30 “But, many of those ‘first’ will be those last, and those ‘last’ will be first.”[1] * [1] Those ‘last’ will be first: This is the moral of all that went before. There were those (like the rich young rabbi) in Israel […]
Matthew 19:27-29 – We Have Left Everything for You! || Mark 10:28-30; Luke 18:28-30 MT19:27 Then Peter responded to Jesus, “Look! We [apostles] have left everything behind[1] and followed you! Truthfully, what will there be for us?”[2] MT19:28 But, Jesus told them, “I tell you [apostles] this truth: In the New Genesis[3] [Job 14:14 LXX] […]
Matthew 19:25-26 – Who Can be Saved? || Mark 10:26, 27; Luke 18:26, 27 MT19:25 But having heard this the disciples were considerably shocked[1] and so asked: “Then who in reality can be saved?”[2] MT19:26 Jesus studied them carefully,[3] and then answered, “From a human standpoint this is impossible;[4] but, any thing is possible for […]
Matthew 19:16-24 – Difficulty of Rich Entering the Kingdom || Mark 10:17-25; Luke 18:18-25 MT19:16 And, look! a [young] person[1] approached Jesus, asking, “Teacher, what good shall I do[2] so that I might have everlasting life?”[3] MT19:17 Jesus told him, “Why do you ask me about some ‘good’?[4] [Only] One is ‘good’.[5] But if you […]
Matthew 19:13-15 – Kingdom Belongs to Child-like || Mark 10:13-16; Luke 9:47; 18:15-17 MT19:13 Then little boys[1] were brought to Jesus so that he might pray and lay his hands upon them.[2] But, the disciples rebuked [the parents].[3] MT19:14 However, Jesus told the disciples, “Leave the little boys alone and do not try to hinder […]
Matthew 19:10-12 – Celibacy MT19:10 Now the disciples of Jesus asked him, “If this is the case with a husband and his wife – it should be recommended not to marry at all!”[1] MT19:11 Jesus told them, “Everyone cannot make room for what you are suggesting,[2] but only those who have the gift.[3] MT19:12 For […]
“3 Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” 4 “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’, {Gen. 1:27 }5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will […]
Matthew 19:3-9 – Grounds for Divorce || Mark 10:1-12 MT19:3 And now Pharisees approached Jesus to tempt him,[1] asking, “Is it permissible to divorce[2] a woman for any cause?”[3] MT19:4 Jesus responded to their question by saying, “Did you never read[4] that the One who created male and female[5] [Genesis 1:26, 27] from the Beginning[6] […]
