Jesus taught in Matthew 6:19-21 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there […]

Jesus taught His disciples to pray in Matthew 6:9-13.  One element of the prayer was the request to the Father for forgiveness.  Verse 12: “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” Jesus further taught in Matthew 6:14-15  “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if […]

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus criticized the prayers of those He called hypocrites.  They prayed in public to be seen as righteous.  Instead, He told His disciples to pray to the Father secretly in their private room.  He also told His disciples to not use vain repetitions like the heathen who think that […]

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus was teaching His Jewish disciples. Then, as now, most people wanted to be seen as righteous.  They wanted others to think well of them. Rather than doing the right thing because it was the right thing and pleased God, their motivation was to look good before others. The […]

In Matthew chapters 5-7, Jesus taught His disciples in what is known as the Sermon on the Mount. His disciples at that time were Jews who had been brought up as believers in Jehovah God.  They had been instructed by their parents when they were children and this teaching had been reinforced by the teachings […]

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told His disciples in Matthew 5:14a “You are the light of the world.” While we are light, Jesus is the true light. John 8:12 “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have […]

Jesus continued His Sermon on the Mount by describing His disciples as the salt of the earth.  Matthew 5:13  “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.”  Salt […]

After Jesus was baptized by John, in chapter 4 Matthew tells us that Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  The Spirit of God had come upon Jesus at His baptism.  Now this Spirit was taking Him into the wilderness so that He might be tempted. […]

Many people followed Jesus because He was able to heal the sick.  But Jesus’ mission while on earth was not so much to physically heal people, but he came to bring the message of truth to the world.  Seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain and began to teach His disciples.  He starts […]

John the Baptist came before Jesus. Why did John come?  God the Father had a plan to bring His Son Jesus into the world that the world through Him might be saved.  But rather than having His Son just all of a sudden appear, the Father deemed it necessary to send a forerunner to prepare […]