Tag: Compassion
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Healing on the Sabbath
(Mark 3:1-6) Jesus continued to show the inflexibility of the Pharisees, especially over matters of their poor interpretation of the law. The Pharisees took an extreme legalistic approach to the law which left no room for compassion. They said that no work was to be done on the Sabbath as the law stated, but took…
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Woe to you Scribes and Pharisees, Hypocrites
(Matthew 23:1-4) The twenty-third chapter of Matthew is an indictment on the scribes and Pharisees. Many times throughout this chapter he says to them, Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.” If there is anything the Lord hated more than anything else it was hypocrisy. Men are no different either. Nobody likes a hypocrite and…
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The Sanctity of Marriage
(Matthew 19:1-9) The sanctity of marriage and matters of divorce are an area over which I am still learning. There is much about this section of scripture that I do not understand. Some aspects of this scripture seem to be overly harsh, which seems at odds with other parts of the Bible. I recommend that…
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The Parable of the Two Debtors
(Matthew 18:23-35) The parable of the two debtors gives us an insight into the need for forgiveness. It explains why we must forgive our brother from the heart. The underlying principle shown here is to forgive as we have been forgiven. In the parable of the two debtors we see a king settling accounts with…
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Forgiving Your Brother
(Matthew 18:21-22) The power of forgiveness is an incredible thing. Jesus teaches us here that forgiving your brother in Christ is an important part of the Christian teaching. Forgiving your brother should be unlimited, which is the point Jesus is making in this section. However when we look at the Luke version of this scripture…
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Jesus Feeds the Crowd
(Matthew 15:29-39) Jesus feeds the crowd again in this section. This is the second miracle where Jesus feeds the crowd with just a few loaves and fishes. The details of this miracle are similar to when Jesus feeds the crowd of five thousand. In this case we see there are four thousand men plus women…
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Crumbs from the Master’s Table – The Canaanite Woman’s Faith
(Matthew 15:21-28) The teaching about the Canaanite woman’s faith, sometimes referred to as feeding on crumbs from the master’s table, is an unusual one. Some people argue that the Lord was being cold or unkind in his treatment of the Canaanite woman in this teaching. However that is not the case. This woman was following…
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Fishes and Loaves Bible Story
Like all of Jesus’ miracles, there are deeper meanings to the fishes and loaves bible story than just the miracle of feeding the five thousand.
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Sheep Without a Shepherd
(Matthew 9:27-38) In the previous post we saw Jesus showing that faith was a key requirement for the people to receive healing. On several occasions he made the point that the healings they received was done according to their faith. We see now in this section that as Jesus continued his work he began to…
